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Billions of phones can detect and warn about nearby earthquakes

Google’s Android Earthquake Alerts program is a globe-spanning earthquake early-warning system that uses billions of phone sensors to detect seismic shaking and alert those at risk

Study Finds · 1d

How Google Turned Android Phones Into The World’s Largest Earthquake Detection Network

Google and UC Berkeley have turned Android smartphones into lifesaving earthquake detectors, now operating in 98 countries across the globe.

USA Today · 23h

Here's how your phone could save your life if an earthquake hits

A worldwide Android smartphone-based earthquake detection and early warning system can detect seismic activity in real time.

Alaska, Tsunami and Earthquake

USA TODAY on MSN · 2d

Tsunami advisory canceled after magnitude 7.3 earthquake recorded off Alaska coast

The giant earthquake was recorded at 12:37 p.m. local time, southeast of Sand Point, a community located on Popof Island in the Aleutian Chain.

Metro on MSN · 1d

Alaska’s powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami warning

Alaska’s Aleutian Islands were shaken by a powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake on Wednesday (16 July) which prompted a tsunami warning and calls for coastal residents to get to higher ground. Officials later confirm there was no significant damage or injuries.

NDTV World on MSN · 1d

Why Alaska's Latest 7.3 Magnitude Earthquake Has Got Scientists' Attention

Wednesday's magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska's Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of powerful quakes within the last five years - including one that shook communities almost exactly two years earlier.

Dailymotion on MSN1d

Japan Shaken 19 Times in a Day — Experts on High Alert

Japan was shaken by a swarm of 19 earthquakes in less than 17 hours. While most of the tremors were mild, one reached a ...

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Japan alerts on megathrust earthquake amid rising Nankai Trough seismic activity

TOKYO: Japan has warned of a 70–80% chance of a magnitude 8–9 earthquake along the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years, ...

Scientific American10d

Japan Wires the Ocean with an Earthquake-Sensing ‘Nervous System’

Japan’s new earthquake-detection network lengthens warning times, and researchers in Wales have harnessed nuclear blast ...

NewsBytes8d

Japan can now detect earthquakes, tsunamis well before they strike

Japan has developed an undersea warning system that can detect earthquakes 20 seconds before they reach land, significantly ...

Nature2d

Google tapped billions of mobile phones to detect quakes worldwide — and send alerts

Study reveals how the tech behemoth is using the motions sensors on phones to expand quake warnings to more countries.

Anadolu Agency1d

EXPLAINER – What’s at stake in Japan’s upper house elections?

Japan heads to the polls on Sunday in a vote shaped by economic discontent, rising nationalism, tensions with US - Anadolu ...

Stars and Stripes1d

With a simulated earthquake, US and Japan gauge evolving command coordination

The United States and Japan concluded a weeklong disaster-response exercise that simulated a magnitude 7 earthquake, the ...

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Volcano eruption, series of earthquakes in Japan: Is manga artist’s prediction coming true?

A series of earthquakes near Japan’s remote Tokara Islands over the past two weeks, along with a major eruption from a long-dormant volcano earlier this week, has added to growing speculation about a ...

Delhi earthquake: What India can learn from Japan as it sets global standard with deep-sea sensor network

A 4.4 magnitude earthquake near Jhajjar was felt across Delhi-NCR on Thursday highlighting the region's seismic risk and lack ...

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