Google Turns 2 Billion Smartphones into a Global Earthquake Warning System

[Ghoti Ichthus]

All those phones are gonna go nuts when Jesus steps on the Mount of Olives

Google Turns 2 Billion Smartphones into a Global Earthquake Warning System​

By Andy Corbley
Aug 13, 2025

"Government earthquake alert systems are now being supplemented around the world with Google accelerometer data on smartphones and smartwatches, effectively creating a Google-wide early warning system.
The system has increased the number of people in earthquake risk zones capable of receiving alerts by 1,000%, with 2024 seeing over 2 billion devices receiving one.
Called the Android Earthquakes Alert system (AEA), it uses data from Android-powered devices to capture the faint signal of P-waves, a seismic tremor that precedes the more destructive S-waves.
Using the network of devices like a giant sponge, it’s a kind of detection through crowdsourcing, and allows the AEA network to predict where earthquakes may strike, and how powerful they will come to be based on the sheer preponderous of data.
So far, AEA has sent out alerts for 11,000 quakes in 98 countries, with 85% of Google-device users report having received an alert."

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Google Turns 2 Billion Smartphones into a Global Earthquake Warning System

The system has increased the number of people in earthquake risk zones capable of receiving alerts by 1,000%

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[Greg]

That and the seventh bowl...

 

[Tall Timbers]

Found it in settings. Turned it off.

 

[Margery]

Found it in settings. Turned it off.

Party pooper!

Don't you WANT to be part of a world wide quake warning?

Oh wait, we already are- we're Christians, we do warn about that - and how to get right with God thru Jesus to escape that thing!


Heheheh never mind.

Goes and sees if her apple phone does the same thing......

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

If I get an earthquake alert here, it must mean the northern shield is erupting or Hudson Bay or maybe Lake Superior is headed south
No place to go unless one happened to already be on an airplane waiting to take off

Wonder how big a tsunami would be on a city lake . . . Lake Harriet's about a mile in circumference, 330 acres, and 85 feet max depth . . . a smaller, shallower lake, Diamond Lake, 40 acres, 7 feet deep . . . lots of lakes and ponds "everywhere." Over 200 lakes, plus the Mississippi, Minnesota, and Crow Rivers in this County, alone. And creeks and ponds.


Minnesota doesn't get much in the way of earthquakes. Here's the list of 3.0 and above felt in Minnesota (not all occurred here) since 1900

Largest Earthquakes in or near Minnesota, USA, on Record since 1900

List of largest quakes on record in or near Minnesota, USA: Since 1900, Minnesota has had 39 quakes of magnitude 4.0 or above and 154 quakes between 3.0 and 4.0.

www.volcanodiscovery.com