Software included in Android phones Earthquake Warning SystemHe also served in the Malatya earthquake on October 16, 2024.
Recently, a 5.9 magnitude earthquake occurred centered in Malatya, which was also felt in provinces such as Elazığ and Diyarbakır. Fortunately, this earthquake, which did not cause any destruction, gave Android phone owners in the region about Notified 10-20 seconds in advance. The system, which still does not allow time to leave the house, is still very useful for preparing for the first shock, going to the children or for a momentary hiding place. So how exactly does this Earthquake Warning System work? Very advanced among Android phones accelerometer There are sensors such as. Thanks to these sensors, phones can detect even the slightest movement well. Google using this Android It establishes an earthquake network from phones and provides advance notification. Useful Android Earthquake Warning System came to the fore with a negative BBC research in recent months. All the details Here According to the research, Android’s earthquake warning system He could not make widespread warnings as he should have during the February 6 earthquakes.
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The company claims that the warning was sent to millions of people before the earthquake disaster that occurred at 04.17 at night on February 6, while the BBC states that they could not reach any person who received this warning during their research in three regions affected by the earthquake.
Answering BBC’s questions, Micah Berman, one of Google’s managers responsible for this system, insisted that the system was working. “We are confident that this system is activated and sending alerts”, but the company cannot provide any evidence that these warnings are widely reaching people.
Android Earthquake System is really very useful. He gave notification about 30 seconds before the earthquake. This practice needs to become widespread.#Earthquake pic.twitter.com/HCsoGyGxQd
— mmt (@mmtBTC) October 16, 2024
Notification a few seconds before the earthquake #android #earthquake pic.twitter.com/VahdeFXMEI
— 🅟🅞🅨🅡🅐🅩 (@d_poyraz21) October 16, 2024
I saw that Android has its own warning system, when I was in Erzincan before the second earthquake in Malatya at noon, with a warning that there would be a 6.9 magnitude earthquake about 10 seconds ago… We also learned that there is such a thing as early warning…
— PhysicistTolga (@tg24fizikci) October 16, 2024