If you're in an earthquake-prone area and own an Android phone, it could save your life. It may even have already done so.

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

Google's Android Earthquake Alerts system uses your phone's accelerometer to provide crucial seconds of warning before ...

Google’s Android Earthquake Alerts program is a globe-spanning earthquake early-warning system that uses billions of phone ...

Back in 2020, Google kicked off a project to crowdsource signals from Android phones that an earthquake might be imminent.

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

Android phones will be able to detect earthquakes and, eventually, take part in an automated system that will provide early warning to millions of people worldwide. It will be built directly into ...

An early-warning system on Android phones has detected more than 1,000 earthquakes worldwide since 2021, sometimes giving ...

By March last year, the system had detected more than 11,000 events globally and issued more than 1,200 alerts. Two levels of alert can be sent out, depending on quake size and distance from the ...

The alerts rely on detecting fast-moving P-waves, which precede the more destructive S-waves during an earthquake. If enough ...

Scientists say that Google's Android Earthquake Alert system, which comprises of billions of Android smartphones around the ...

“Your Android phone can turn into a mini seismometer, joining millions of other Android phones out there to form the world’s largest earthquake detection network,” Stogaitis said. Google ...