Heads-up of Seconds in Venezuela: How Android Smartphones Turned Into a Network of Earthquake Alerts System
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Two earthquakes of 7.2 magnitude and 7.5 shook Venezuela this Wednesday, leaving more than 500 dead and almost 3,000 injured. A seismic double recorded in just 39 seconds that has caused a "really terrifying devastation," says Tom Fletcher, UN Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs. Continue reading....
The system integrated into the Android senses the first wave that precedes the violent earthquake: some have escaped
Google's alert system used the accelerometers of millions of phones as "minismographs", gaining valuable seconds.
Millions of Android mobiles in Venezuela received at 18.04 local time this Wednesday a similar alert to this: “You may feel tremors. Initial magnitude estimated from 6.2 to approximately 221 miles away.” They received it a few moments before feeling the first of the two earthquakes of 7.2 magnitude and 7.5 that shook the north of the country. How could they receive the alert so quickly the users of that device?Continue reading
This system can be differential, as it gives the user a few key seconds to save his life and that of his loved ones
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