Earthquake apps: Which ones are worth downloading?
3 years, 6 months ago

Earthquake apps: Which ones are worth downloading?

LA Times  

Californians should have MyShake on their phones. Nowadays, there’s an app for everything, including information on earthquakes, and my phone blew up with notifications from earthquake apps. At the time, I was testing the top 10 earthquake apps in the Apple app store for a week, looking at their accessibility — including price, languages and user experience — and accuracy. Verdict: Download Red Cross This app never sent me any alerts and doesn’t act as an earthquake tracker or early warning system. Verdict: Take it or leave it Earthquake+ Alerts, Map & Info This app has specified filters on the map to include information on plate boundaries, seismic stations, nuclear plants and even active volcanoes.

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California earthquake early warning system: How to get it now
4 months, 1 week ago

California earthquake early warning system: How to get it now

LA Times  

An image of the earthquake early warning issued on MyShake, a free app developed by UC Berkeley that receives seismic alerts from the U.S. Geological Survey’s ShakeAlert system. The magnitude 4.4 quake — centered near Highland Park on Monday — came with an early warning from California’s quake alert system. Those who have iPhones can get earthquake early warnings by …

California’s earthquake revolution: Early-warning systems make strides, issuing more than 5 million alerts
4 months, 2 weeks ago

California’s earthquake revolution: Early-warning systems make strides, issuing more than 5 million alerts

LA Times  

Smartphone apps sent simultaneous alerts to millions of Californians on Tuesday evening, warning them to brace for incoming shaking from a Kern County earthquake. “The heartbeat definitely speeds up, and the adrenaline starts pumping pretty much no matter what,” Jennifer Lazo, chief of the innovation and technology division at Los Angeles’ Emergency Management Department, said of receiving the alerts. ‘big-enough’ …

Demand for quake warning app surges in earthquake-rattled Taiwan
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Demand for quake warning app surges in earthquake-rattled Taiwan

Hindustan Times  

Earthquake warning smartphone apps have surged in popularity in Taiwan due to high demand from people eager to get a few extra seconds to take cover after more than 1,300 aftershocks rattled the island in the past month following a large temblor. Lin Ruei, another co-founder of the app launched in 2022, said their app tracks fast-moving seismic waves from …

Bay Area earthquake came with early warning for 2.1 million ShakeAlert app users
2 years, 1 month ago

Bay Area earthquake came with early warning for 2.1 million ShakeAlert app users

LA Times  

A student from Everett Middle School participates in the Great California ShakeOut earthquake drill on Oct. 20 in San Francisco. Many San Francisco Bay Area residents were given several seconds’ warning before the shaking arrived from a magnitude 5.1 earthquake that struck under the mountains east of San Jose this week. The activation of the U.S. Geological Survey’s ShakeAlert system …

Japan and Mexico have earthquake early-warning systems. How does California’s compare?
3 years, 6 months ago

Japan and Mexico have earthquake early-warning systems. How does California’s compare?

LA Times  

A crane removes concrete slabs of an apartment complex that collapsed after the earthquake in Mexico City in 1985. Yet California and the rest of the West Coast are still figuring out what exactly to make of the U.S. Geological Survey’s ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system. His phone’s alert is part of a nationwide earthquake early warning system Japan implemented …

In major milestone, U.S. earthquake early warning system now covers entire West Coast
3 years, 7 months ago

In major milestone, U.S. earthquake early warning system now covers entire West Coast

LA Times  

In a major achievement years in the making, the U.S. earthquake early warning system will now be able to issue alerts to cellphone users anywhere on the West Coast beginning this morning. On Tuesday at 8 a.m., mobile users in Washington state finally gained access to the earthquake early warning system’s mobile alerts. The earthquake early warning system could also …

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