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Google turns Android phones into earthquake sensors; California to get alerts

Photo: Creative Commons / Maurizio Pesce

OAKLAND: Alphabet Inc’s Google’s Android phones on Tuesday started detecting earthquakes around the world to provide data that could eventually give billions of users precious seconds of warning of a tremor nearby, with an alerting feature first rolling out in California.

Japan, Mexico and California already use

"We are on a path to delivering earthquake alerts wherever there are smartphones,"

Photo: Google Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones

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