How Google Alerted Californians to an Earthquake Before It Hit People with Android phones got a notification that a trembler was about to rock Silicon Valley. WIRED looks at the tech behind that feat.

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An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck off the coast of Indonesia's Tanimbar Islands region on Monday, the country's geophysics agency said, adding there was no tsunami potential.

Officially, this is known as the Android Earthquake Alerts System. As is often the case with Android, you may find it in a slightly different spot in Settings depending on the make and model of your ...

They provide quality data 24/7 that result in highly accurate estimates of earthquake locations and magnitudes.

A moderately strong, 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck in Guatemala on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological ...

Mount Rainier was experiencing "the most significant seismic activity" at the volcano in more than 15 years as an "earthquake ...

Google says it is “actively engaging with experts in the field and analyzing data after detected seismic events allows us to continuously improve the Android Earthquake Alerts System.” It will ...

In 2020, Google introduced Android Earthquake Alerts for people in California. Users should be using a phone with Android 5 or later and have Wi-Fi or cellular data connectivity.

How Google alerted Californians to an earthquake before it happened Android phones got a notification that a temblor was about to rock Silicon Valley.

Samsung is developing an earthquake warning system for One UI 8 that could offer more robust and accurate alerts than Google's.