Warning for California! An earthquake is about to hit: New smartphone app

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An early warning could safe your life! It is California, USA, where the fear among tourists and locals of a major earthquake is real.

An early warning could safe your life! It is California, USA, where the fear among tourists and locals of a major earthquake is real.

QuakeAlert is the first true Earthquake Early Warning alerting service available in the USA and able to give you heads up before an earthquake happens. This may save lives.

Ideal for California, where the fear among tourists and locals of a major earthquake is real.

This smartphone app and in-home/office alarms will notify you as soon as possible before the shaking strikes your location (warning times will vary depending on your proximity to the epicenter).

QuakeAlert will notify you (visually on the app or audibly for the in-home/office alarm) with a countdown to when the shaking will start based on your location along with how intense (Intensity) the shaking will be. The app also includes tips on what to do if you are indoors, outdoors, or in a moving vehicle.

All QuakeAlert products operate much the same way. The App and In-Home/Office device will:

Play an Emergency Alert Tone
Notify you how โ€œIntenseโ€ the shaking will be (light, medium, heavy, etc)
Give you a countdown as to when the actual shaking will start.

The objective of an earthquake early warning system is to rapidly detect the initiation of an earthquake, estimate the level of ground shaking intensity to be expected, and issue a warning before significant ground shaking starts,” the company states on its website.

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