California's earthquake warning system activated swiftly Tuesday night, sending an alert to the cellphones of Santa Rosa residents and those in surrounding areas of a 4.4 magnitude temblor.
California uses science, state-of-the-art ground motion monitoring, and new and existing alerting methods to deliver warnings to residents' cell phones before the strongest shaking arrives.
How quickly someone gets the alert depends on how close they are to the origin of the earthquake. The closer someone is to the origin determines how quickly they will get the notification. A system that is used nationwide that sends text-like messages to phones during emergencies or when there is an imminent threat to life. These types of alerts can be sent by state and local public safety officials, the National Weather Service, and the president.
MyShake alerts are used in response to 4.5 magnitude earthquakes or greater and sent to people who will experience a weak level of shaking or greater.Google partnered with the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services and the United States Geological Survey to send earthquake alerts directly to Android devices in California.
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