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Each Android smartphone is equipped with tiny accelerometers that can act as mini seismometers. When a phone is plugged in and charging, it can detect the very beginnings of earthquake shaking.
Each Android smartphone is equipped with tiny accelerometers that can act as mini seismometers. When a phone is plugged in and charging, it can detect the very beginnings of earthquake shaking.
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For all the clever tech behind quake early warning systems, Kiwis know little about them.
ADAMS — If you felt a boom, you are not alone. An earthquake first estimated at 4.7 magnitude was reported at 2:10 p.m., according to the Android Earthquake Alert System.
In the minutes before a long rumbling earthquake struck Aotearoa just before midnight last night, hundreds of New Zealanders got the chance to prepare than