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ShakeAlert is an earthquake early warning system (EEW) in the United States, developed and operated by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and its partners. [1] As of 2021, the system issues alerts for the country's West Coast (specifically the states of California , Oregon and Washington ).
[2] [38] Smartphones are used to detect the ground shaking induced by an earthquake and a warning is issued as soon as an earthquake is detected. People living at a further distance from the epicenter and the detection point may be alerted before they are reached by the damaging waves of the earthquake.
These DNA kits for dogs give you way more information than your dog’s breed composition. Many of the kits can be upgraded to include more health and trait testing or allergy and age tests.
In addition to seismometers, the system now also incorporates GPS and satellite navigation data to improve results and send alerts more quickly.
An earthquake magnitude should be measured at a 4.5 size for the ShakeAlert system to go into action. Wednesday’s earthquake was originally clocked at 4.7, but later downgraded to 4.2.
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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 ...
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