Emergency alert system
In Delhi-NCR today, on Monday morning at 5:36 am, tremors were felt. This earthquake was so strong that people got out of their homes. People from Delhi from Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, Faridabad to Sonipat and Meerut felt it. According to government data, the epicenter of the earthquake was in the capital Delhi and the intensity of the earthquake on the rector scale was 4.0. For smartphone users, Google has rolled out the Earthquake Detector feature recently, which alerts the earthquake. You can also turn on this feature in your phone.
Turn on this setting
Google told in its blog post that Android Earthquake Alerts System is present in many countries including India. However, this feature has been recently closed in Brazil. Android smartphone users can activate this alert system by going to the settings of their phone. For this, they have to follow the steps given below.
Android smartphone users will first have to go to their phone settings.
After this they have to tap on safety and emergency.
Here they will see the option with Earthquake Alerts.
After tapping on it, it will have to be turned on to the one who enables it.
Alert on earthquake
After turning on this alert system in the smartphone, users will continue to get information about every earthquake happening around them. However, this alert system works only when the intensity of the earthquake is 4.5 or more. This alert does not work in low -intensity earthquakes.
How does the system work?
All Android smartphones have a sensor named Accelerometer, which acts like a seismometer in the device. When vibrations, this sensor sends an alert to the user. Google told in its blogpost that if the phone is engaged in charging, it recognizes the earthquake in the initial stage and starts sending alert.
On the screen of the smartphone, users get information about the earthquake in the surrounding area, including the intensity of the earthquake. Google says that the speed of the Internet signal is much faster than the earthquake speed. Because of this, users can get an earthquake alert rapidly and they can save their lives by reaching a safe place.
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