Unlike conventional systems that use dedicated, expensive seismic instruments, Google's Android Earthquake Alerts system leverages the sheer scale of smartphones, which continuously collect motion ...

A recent study published in the journal Science confirms that the system performs as well as traditional seismic networks when it comes to detecting earthquakes and sending timely alerts ...

A worldwide Android smartphone-based earthquake detection and early warning system can detect seismic activity in real time.

Back in 2020, Google kicked off a project to crowdsource signals from Android phones that an earthquake might be imminent.

Google's Android Earthquake Alerts system uses your phone's accelerometer to provide crucial seconds of warning before ...

If you're in an earthquake-prone area and own an Android phone, it could save your life. It may even have already done so.

The alerts rely on detecting fast-moving P-waves, which precede the more destructive S-waves during an earthquake. If enough ...

Discover Sydney, Australia’s most famous city, in this 3D tour using Google Earth imagery. Explore landmarks like the Sydney ...

Google and UC Berkeley have turned Android smartphones into lifesaving earthquake detectors, now operating in 98 countries ...

Google’s Android Earthquake Alerts program is a globe-spanning earthquake early-warning system that uses billions of phone ...

Starting in the US in 2020 and expanding internationally since, the system is called Android Earthquake Alert (AEA), and it's on by default in most Android phones. And today, Google has a paper in ...

An early-warning system on Android phones has detected more than 1,000 earthquakes worldwide since 2021, sometimes giving ...