MyShake App Earthquake Alert App Warns You 40 Seconds In Advance
The Team of Researchers at University of California has released an Android application, My Shake, that can sense an upcoming earth quake and alert users 40 seconds in advance. The application uses the smartphone’s accelerometer to detect seismic action in your region.
MyShake App Earthquake Alert App Warns You 40 Seconds In Advance
It’s gone for giving location specific warnings to clients with the assistance of their smartphones. Researchers say clients are advised in regards to 40 seconds before shaking begins.
By examination, a standard smartphone can recognize a quake inside of a size of 5.0 on the off chance that it’s inside of 10 kilometers.
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“MyShake cannot replace traditional seismic networks like those run by the US Geological Survey, UC Berkeley, the University of Washington and Caltech, but we think MyShake can make earthquake early warning faster and more accurate in areas that have a traditional seismic network, and can provide life-saving early warning in countries that have no seismic network,” said Richard Allen, the lead app developer.
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“They don’t have advanced seismic technology but they do have millions of cell phones,” currently released an Android version of the app as most of the phones are running Google’s mobile operating system. An iPhone version is also planned in the near future, he said.