Internet giant Google, Due to incorrect notification It has to close the earthquake warning system in Brazil remained.
Google’s active earthquake warning system, which is also active in Turkey, allows Android phones to inform the upcoming earthquakes in advance. So far, many earthquakes, 20-30 seconds in advance, the system is on the agenda with a wrong notification this time. To many smartphone users in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, On Friday morning, notifications were sent to a 5.5 magnitude earthquake approaching. Then it turned out to be a mistake. Google who wants to investigate what the problem is, decided to close the earthquake warning system in Brazil until it solved the problem.
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So how exactly this earthquake warning system works? Very advanced in android phones accelerator Sensors such as. Thanks to these sensors, phones can perceive even the slightest movement. Google using it Android It sets up an earthquake network from the phones and can be notified in advance. Useful Android earthquake warning system came up with a negative BBC research in recent months. All details Here According to the research, Android’s earthquake warning system February 6 earthquakes could not make a large -scale warning as it should be.
The company claims that the warning was sent to millions of people before the earthquake disaster on February 6, 04.17, and the BBC states that they could not reach any person 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, insists that the system is working, “We are sure that this system is activated and sent warnings”He says, but the company cannot offer any evidence that these warnings are widely reached.