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How Google's Android earthquake detection system can save lives

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 Android Earthquake Alert (AEA) system, which began in the U.S. in 2020 and has since expanded globally,

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Scientists prove Android Earthquake Alerts system actually works pretty well

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Google turned millions of phones into surprisingly effective earthquake detectors

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Google to strengthen trust in its earthquake alert system technology

From 2021 to 2024, Google added motion sensors to more than two billion phones that could detect earthquakes. This enabled it to send auto-warnings to people in 98 countries. Google scientists shared ...

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Google Earthquake Detection Comes to Wear OS Watches; Life-Saving ...

Google's earthquake detection system uses the accelerometers in Android phones as mini seismometers. When numerous devices shake at the same time, the system estimates the location and ...

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Japan Wires the Ocean with an Earthquake-Sensing ‘Nervous System’

Japan’s new earthquake-detection network lengthens warning times, and researchers in Wales have harnessed nuclear blast ...

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