"This earthquake was caught really quickly by the shake alert system but it correctly estimated the magnitude and the magnitude estimate it got was 4.2 and that was below the threshold for public ...

size and potential shaking around that earthquake.” They then ship off all that information to partners, like FEMA’s Wireless Emergency Alert system, which then decides where warnings will be ...

Early this month, the National test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS ... who to reach in case phone and power systems go out of service. When a big earthquake occurs, it is also essential ...

An emergency alert system that would use ... Federal funding is needed to get the earthquake alert system rolled out in Nevada. There are already seismic monitors throughout the Vegas Valley ...

Brooklynite Clarence Patton wrote: “Look Miss Emergency Alert System, if this had been a bad earthquake, we would’ve all been dead and/or buried for 40 minutes by the time you got yourself tog ...

Mobile phones have become invaluable for receiving emergency alerts such as weather ... with such situations promptly, the Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) system sends out notifications to areas ...

Several countries, including Japan, Mexico, China and Turkey, have long had such earthquake warning systems in place. FEMA’s Wireless Emergency Alert system sent out the automatic ShakeAlerts on ...

A Wireless Emergency Alert was sent more broadly even ... was faster than the alert system, posting about the earthquake on social media at 10:42 a.m. Mr. Adams, a Democrat in his third year ...

you can turn on this alert system by following these simple steps: Open the settings on your smartphone. Tap on “Safety and Emergency.” Look for the option that says “Earthquake Alerts.” ...