How Google Warned Venezuela Of An Earthquake Using Android Phones As Seismometers
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Millions of users in Venezuela received alerts on their Android phones just before the strong earthquake on Wednesday, which left at least 589 dead. This early detection system, developed by Google, is proving its usefulness in real emergency situations. How does Google’s seismic alert system work? According to AFP, most Android smartphones have an accelerometer, a motion sensor that is usually used to rotate the screen or count steps. Google ex…
Saved by smartphones. A few moments before warning the two violent shocks that struck Venezuela, kneeling the country with nearly 600 deaths and tens of thousands of missing, many citizens with the Android system on the phone have received the alarm and this alert has allowed them to shelter. In recent years many nations have developed public systems to alert the population a few seconds before the start of the earthquake. Even in countries like…
Google's earthquake alert system detected the initial seismic activity in Venezuela and sent warning notifications to Android users seconds before the earthquakes hit the country on Wednesday to...
Saved by the mobile phone. So some residents of Macaracuay, east of Caracas remained among the least affected, managed to escape in time before the earthquake in...
Currently a phone can mean the difference between life and death, either to make an emergency call or to receive alerts to natural disasters, such as the recent earthquakes of 7.2 and 7.5 in Venezuela. Some Venezuelans gave testimony of the incident and agreed that moments before the earthquake, a Google alert warned them of the imminent danger and asked them to take refuge. There are 589 people killed by earthquakes in Venezuela; Mexican rescue…
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