On Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that, in partnership with Google, the forthcoming update to the company’s Android operating system will incorporate California’s earthquake early warning technology into all Android phones. The system will use the same data feed to receive and distribute alerts as the state’s Earthquake Early Warning System, which was announced by the…
By Terry Miller The ShakeAlert system developed by the U.S. Geological Survey has released ShakeAlertLA, a mobile app that sends alerts to users within Los Angeles County that an earthquake of greater than magnitude 5.0 or level IV intensity has been detected and that they may soon feel shaking. The app is available for both…
By Terry Miller On Wednesday, Oct. 17 Dr. Lucy Jones, Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Judy Chu (D-CA), participated in a press conference at the California Institute of Technology with seismologists and officials from Caltech, USGS and the California Office of Emergency Services to announce the roll-out of ShakeAlert, the West Coast earthquake early warning system,…
