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.

After 3 years, the results not only rival conventional, dedicated seismic detectors, but also operate in large areas that currently have no other early-warning service at all.

Back in 2020, Google kicked off a project to crowdsource signals from Android phones that an earthquake might be imminent.

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

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

Google's Android Earthquake Alerts system uses your phone's accelerometer to provide crucial seconds of warning before seismic activity.

By March last year, the system had detected more than 11,000 events globally and issued more than 1,200 alerts. Two levels of alert can be sent out, depending on quake size and distance from the ...

Scientists say that Google's Android Earthquake Alert system, which comprises of billions of Android smartphones around the ...

Google’s Android Earthquake Alerts program is a globe-spanning earthquake early-warning system that uses billions of phone ...

Google wants to address that problem with the “Android Earthquake Alerts System.” It turns your phone into a mini seismometer to form the “world’s largest earthquake detection network ...

Most smartphones have accelerometers that make automatic screen rotation and other features possible. Now Google has found another user for them: earthquake detection. The company is rolling out a ...

Tech giant Google has developed a new way to detect undersea earthquakes and tsunamis with the help of subsea fiber optic cables. This could be the world's best earthquake-tsunami detection ...