Google has finally acknowledged that Android’s earthquake detection system failed to alert millions of people during Turkey’s 2023 earthquake. The system sent out around 500,000 lower-level “Be Aware” ...

Emergency alerts are meant to provide enough time for people to drop to the ground, take cover or move to safer locations. But when two massive quakes struck southern Turkey and Syria in February 2023 ...

Google has acknowledged that its earthquake early warning system failed to send the highest-level warning to millions of people during the deadly 2023 disaster in Turkey. The Android Earthquake Alerts ...

Earthquakes strike daily across the globe, often without warning. The Delhi-NCR region is also relatively on red alert, with tremors occurring frequently, sometimes even multiple times a month. While ...

Mark has almost a decade of experience reporting on mobile technology, working previously with Digital Trends. Taking a less-than-direct route to technology writing, Mark began his Android journey ...

Google failed to alert millions in Turkey about the 2023 earthquake. Credit: Gary S Chapman / DigitalVision / Getty Images Google has admitted its earthquake alert system largely failed during the ...

In brief: Google has admitted that its early earthquake alert system failed to inform millions of people about the severity of Turkey's 2023 quake. The highest level "TakeAction" warnings were only ...

Modern-day devices come with an accelerometer sensor; the Android Earthquake Alerts (AEA) uses this sensor to detect and send early earthquake warnings to the users. Recent research shows that the ...

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake was felt in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Bhutan. The earthquake struck at around 5:11 PM on Sunday (September 14), according to Android Earthquake Alerts System, ...

Google has admitted its earthquake alert system largely failed during the 2023 earthquake in Turkey. The tech giant told the BBC that its Android Earthquake Alert (AEA) feature only sent 469 "Take ...