Posted on 08/03/2025 6:00:31 AM PDT by Openurmind
Google has for years been harnessing the power of its Android smartphones to detect and measure tens of thousands of earthquakes.
In a new paper published in the journal Science, researchers from the search giant described how they used motion sensors from its two billion-strong network of phones running Android between the years 2021 and 2024 to detect and alert quakes to users in almost 100 countries around the world.
Known as "Android Earthquake Alerts" (AEA), this early warning system has uses the smartphones' accelerometers to detect telltale vibrations as they happen and inform residents of quakes in their areas. With its two-tiered severity levels — the weaker "be aware alert" for lower-magnitude quakes that sends typical push notifications, and the more pressing "take action alert" for moderate or extreme shakes that issues a loud beeping alarm that overrides "Do Not Disturb" settings — Google boasts that it has warned of more than 11,000 quakes.
That’s why Taco Bell won the Franchise Wars.
Google detects earthquake in college town on Friday night.
Haha I gave up nothing to Xfinity or Google. I have zero commitments with them.
I am not so stupid to reject a $500 smart phone shipped free to me.
My android phone is sitting next to my speakers and so if it is listening it is hears a lot of old music and sometimes TV shoes.
Don’t wear your phone during certain activities, else tsunami warnings will be posted everywhere. Oh, Baby!
I was being sarcastic. :)
Now we know why our cell phone batteries don’t last long.
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“But the iPhone isnt listening to you all the time. Only when you want to ask it a question.”
Oh. Mmm-Kay.
Commentary from the famous earthquake predictor, Dutchsinse.
8/03/2025 — LARGE ERUPTION 63k feet - Volcano erupts next to M8.0 after 500yrs = SEISMIC OVERDRIVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nNSnibBTtE
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