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× It’s time to make sure your phone will get Washington’s new ShakeAlert early earthquake warnings By Laurel Demkovich, The Spokesman-Review Published: May 20, 2021, 7:29am Share: OLYMPIA — Washington residents with a cellphone in their pockets could have a short, but possibly critical warning before they feel the next big earthquake. Earlier this month, Washington joined California and Oregon in using the U.S. Geological Survey’s ShakeAlert system for earthquake early warning. The program, which has been in the works since 2006, picks up shaking from sensors built acr...

Getting Washington’s New ShakeAlert Earthquake Warning Earlier this month, Washington joined California and Oregon in using the U.S. Geological Survey's ShakeAlert system for earthquake early warning. The program has been in the works since 2006. May 17, 2021 •  (TNS) - May 17— Washington residents with a cellphone in their pockets could have a short, but possibly critical warning before they feel the next big earthquake. Earlier this month, Washington joined California and Oregon in using the U.S. Geological Survey's ShakeAlert system for earthquake early warning. The program, which ...

In a major milestone, the nation’s earthquake early warning system now covers the entire West Coast of the continental US Author: Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times Updated: 3 hours ago Published 3 hours ago Share on Facebook Print article In a major achievement years in the making, the U.S. earthquake early warning system will now be able to issue alerts to cellphone users anywhere on the West Coast of the continental U.S. beginning this morning. On Tuesday at 8 a.m., mobile users in Washington state finally gained access to the earthquake early warning system’s mobil...

Earthquake early warning system expands to entire West Coast FacebookTwitterEmail Elizabeth Sanchez, 30, owner of CyBelle’s Pizza, located at 1422 Broadway St., in Oakland, Calif., shows an earthquake emergency alert that was sent to her employee’s cellphone on Wednesday, March 27, 2019. State authorities announced the launch of an early warning app for the entire state on Thursday.Yalonda M James / The Chronicle An earthquake early warning system that’s been 15 years in the making is now available to more than 50 million people along the entire West Coast, the most earthquake-prone reg...

at 2:14 am NPR Residents living on the West Coast don't know when the next earthquake will hit. But a new expansion of the U.S. earthquake early warning system gives 50 million people in California, Oregon — and now Washington — seconds to quickly get to safety whenever the next one hits. As of 8 a.m. Tuesday, cellphone users in California, Oregon and Washington should receive a mobile alert from the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system when tremors are detected. Alerts are sent from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Wireless Emergency Alert system, ...