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Berdydk t1_ituaxyk wrote

Reply to comment by Fred2p1u in Android phones offered early US quake warning, beating iPhones to the punch | Google's earthquake detection network turns Android phones into seismometers, and it paid off yesterday. by chrisdh79

you probably never suffered a big quake.. 10 seconds is enough time to take cover, get out etc..

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spacedad t1_itufu5h wrote

Not only that- these could be people’s lives we’re talking about. Even a tiny difference in outcomes is important and notable. Incremental progress is important.

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GrymanOne t1_itvtqpe wrote

My children have hardly experienced any earthquakes and we live in Southern California. A far cry from me experiencing some of the larger quakes to hit our area, one of which threw me out of bed pre-dawn and had our power out for some time. My parents experienced some large quakes as well, and some of the family of a previous generation experienced the large Alaska quake that lasted several minutes.

10 seconds is huge, but I'm afraid for a generation that has no concept of what a quake even is at this point. They haven't seen the ground shake or roll, literally looking like it's breathing.

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