People can download the MyShake app in the Apple Store or Google Play. The mobile app sends an alert if the earthquake meets ...
Earthquake alerts on smartphones offer precious seconds to seek safety by using built-in accelerometers to detect tremors.
The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network shows the center of a 4.5 magnitude earthquake about 29 miles west of Bellingham, Wash.
and setting up your cellphone for earthquake alerts with the ShakeAlert earthquake warning system. According to Ted Buehner, a meteorologist and public information officer at Emergency Management ...
A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck at 5:02 a.m. Monday ... “It was too small for the Wireless Emergency Alerts system (used for Amber Alerts), because that is meant for imminent threat and ...
If another quake hits, that’s 4.5 or greater, they now know that the early warning system works. “So the earthquake early ... who downloaded the My Shake alert app. The threshold for a wider ...
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 was recorded at 5:02 a.m. Monday, 6 miles east of Orcas Island.