So you can activate the Google earthquake alert for your mobile phone

Seconds before the earthquake that hit Ecuador in the early hours of Monday, August 21, several alerts reached the mobile phones of residents of the provinces most affected by the quake.

reporting of Google reached Android mobiles, with a message saying: Earthquake of estimated magnitude 5.6. According to the post, the source is Android’s earthquake warning system.

The quake occurred a little later, at 00:24 AM, had an epicenter in Machala with a depth of 14 kilometers, the Geophysical Institute reported. This quake was felt in Guayaquil and other cities in southern Ecuador.

Google uses the system “ShakeAlert”, a network of 1,675 seismic sensors detect earthquakes. It is an “early warning and not a prediction” as it is not yet possible to predict these types of tremors.

How to Configure Earthquake Alerts on Android?

The steps may change depending on the device you have.

Android earthquake warning tool does not work on iPhone (Apple) phonesbecause they work with a different operating system (iOS).

In this case, there are applications in the app Store. Some of them are’earthquake‘ And ‘My earthquake alerts and feed‘. Apple is testing its own government and emergency alert system for the iPhone, but it’s only available in countries like the United States, Puerto Rico, Spain, and Japan for now.

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