Re: Google Android phone earthquake visualization

2020-09-20 Thread Jeff P
I was awake when it struck, and I received this alert about 3 seconds before the shockwave hit my location: [image: EQ1.jpg] My phone was isolated from the shockwave due to it being in my hands at the time, for what it's worth. JeffP On Sat, Sep 19, 2020 at 1:40 PM Sean Donelan wrote: > The V

Re: Google Android phone earthquake visualization

2020-09-19 Thread Sean Donelan
As a person reminded me, Japan's earthquake/tsunami early warning system has been doing this faster and better than the USA for a long time. And yes, the Japanese system wakes up some radios and TVs in the home. On Sat, 19 Sep 2020, Jeff P wrote: I was awake when it struck, and I receive

Google Android phone earthquake visualization

2020-09-19 Thread Sean Donelan
The VP Engineering for Android posted a visualization of the 4.5 earthquake in Southern California from data collected by Android phones. https://twitter.com/davey_burke/status/1307395583338885120 USGS ShakeAlert is transmitted via WEA to Android, iPhone and other cellular devices; and shared d