California earthquake notification app. In a major advance for seismic safety california gov. The myshake app built by uc berkeley will give all. Earthquake warning app will give anyone in california the chance to prepare 1 6 workers check the damage to interstate 880 in oakland after it collapsed during the loma prieta earthquake.
How does the app work. Californias earthquake early warnings will be a standard feature on all android phones bypassing the need for users to download the states myshake app in order to receive alerts the governors. The alert will be sent out to anyone will experience intensity 3 light shaking.
The app will send out alerts when the shaking is damaging after a magnitude 45 earthquake. The earthquake notification service ens is a free service that can send you automated notification emails when earthquakes happen in your area. Californias earthquake early warnings will be a standard feature on all android phones bypassing the need for users to download the states myshake app in order to receive alerts the governors.
The university of california berkeley along with funding from the state of california built an app called myshake and a cheap effective earthquake detection network was born at least it was. The app alerts you and your family that shaking is coming. In an effort to address this google says it collaborated with the usgs and california governors office of emergency services to send earthquake alerts powered by shakealert to devices running.
California introduced its shakealert early warning app in october but only about 11 million of the states nearly 40 million residents have downloaded the app so far. Developed at the university of california berkeley myshake is available for download to ios users through itunes and through googleplay stores for android phones.