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Many residents were given several seconds' warning before the shaking arrived from a magnitude 5.1 earthquake that struck east of San Jose this week.

The 5.1 magnitude California earthquake today was the strongest that hit the state in eight years. Experts say that stronger aftershocks are possible.

/PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Allen Institute has become the first scientific research institute in the country to be a part of the US Geological Survey-managed...

The USGS’ ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system worked as planned during Tuesday night’s Santa Rosa earthquakes, giving North Bay residents time to seek cover.

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Can you predict an earthquake? A December earthquake in California was the first big test of technology that warns residents seconds before an earthquake hits. ShakeAlert technology might come to Utah.

One Utah lawmaker and others are hoping to get $150,000 to launch a study exploring the feasibility of an earthquake early warning system in Utah.

One Utah lawmaker and others are hoping to get $150,000 to launch a study exploring the feasibility of an earthquake early warning system in Utah.

On Monday, an early-warning system that promised to give people precious seconds of warning before earthquakes delivered on its promise. According to The Guardian, the system, named ShakeAlert, buzzed through half a million phones ahead of a 6.2 magnitude earthquake that struck northwest California – the strongest quake since the system, called ShakeAlert, was pushed out over the entire state.

The ShakeAlert system, which works through an app and smartphone emergency alert systems, gives people in California warnings a few seconds before the shaking from earthquakes starts. It worked as expected during a recent quake.