If you're in an earthquake-prone area and own an Android phone, it could save your life. It may even have already done so.

A worldwide Android smartphone-based earthquake detection and early warning system can detect seismic activity in real time.

An early-warning system on Android phones has detected more than 1,000 earthquakes worldwide since 2021, sometimes giving ...

A global Android smartphone-based earthquake detection and early warning system can detect seismic activity in real time and deliver life-saving alerts with effectiveness rivaling that of traditional ...

Google and UC Berkeley have turned Android smartphones into lifesaving earthquake detectors, now operating in 98 countries ...

Japan has developed an undersea warning system that can detect earthquakes 20 seconds before they reach land, significantly ...

Japan has completed the world’s most advanced undersea earthquake and tsunami detection system—3,500+ miles of fiber-optic ...

The alerts rely on detecting fast-moving P-waves, which precede the more destructive S-waves during an earthquake. If enough ...

Japan’s new earthquake-detection network lengthens warning times, and researchers in Wales have harnessed nuclear blast ...

Officially, this is known as the Android Earthquake Alerts System. As is often the case with Android, you may find it in a slightly different spot in Settings depending on the make and model of your ...

When the ground shakes violently, entire cities can crumble within minutes. Homes, hospitals, roads, and lives can vanish suddenly. Despite advances in technology, predicting when earthquakes will ...