[Rockhounds] Android users alerted just before California earthquake

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

Here are the details from the USGS

2022-10-25 18:42:02 (M5.0) Northern California 37.3 -121.7 (828)


                     == PRELIMINARY REPORT ==

Event type:                       Earthquake
Region:                           Northern California
Geographic coordinates:           37.310N, 121.677W
Magnitude:                        5.0
Depth:                            6 km
Universal Time (UTC):             25 Oct 2022  18:42:03
Time near the Epicenter:          25 Oct 2022  11:42:03
Local standard time in your area: 25 Oct 2022  18:42:03


Location with respect to nearby cities:
14.5 km (9.0 mi) E of Seven Trees, California
14.6 km (9.1 mi) ESE of Alum Rock, California
15.9 km (9.9 mi) E of Communications Hill, California
19.5 km (12.1 mi) E of San Jose, California
142.0 km (88.0 mi) S of Sacramento, California


ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS
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event ID                     :  nc 73799091



On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 9:18 PM Alan Goldstein <deepskyspy at outlook.com>
wrote:

> My sister lives in Danville, not far from San Jose, and didn't feel a
> thing. Nor any aftershocks. Funny how the fractured crust absorbs the waves
> so they don't transmit as they do in the midwest.
>
> Alan G.
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> Subject: [Rockhounds] Android users alerted just before California
> earthquake
>
> While many people in California felt a moderate earthquake
> <
> https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.axios.com%2F2022%2F10%2F25%2Fearthquake-near-san-jose-california&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cf733e0f419d64b8228fa08dab6e8a529%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638023407585610764%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=9ppJIup1gZMvFVwfc42TS%2B2mY4ZBNxDq65Ndob9k4fY%3D&reserved=0>
> Tuesday,
> some smartphone users actually got a heads-up before it happened thanks to
> technology developed at the University of California, Berkeley.
>
> Why it matters: Android warned users just a few seconds before the quake,
> but experts hope the technology will eventually give people enough time to
> find shelter or to duck and cover.
>
> How it works: Researchers at Berkeley released an app called MyShake
> <
> https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyshake.berkeley.edu%2F&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cf733e0f419d64b8228fa08dab6e8a529%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638023407585610764%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=5WORHLStg6exlivCAfFOn4t4ib97JGUXoi%2Bz2g3v10Q%3D&reserved=0>
> that can offer a brief earthquake warning by
> detecting the signals of an earthquake just before they are felt. Think of
> it like how you can see lightning before you hear thunder.
>
>
> https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.axios.com%2F2022%2F10%2F25%2Fandroid-california-earthquake-alert&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cf733e0f419d64b8228fa08dab6e8a529%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638023407585610764%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2FbyDRLzzlSJH8aZC0EVmlC62xW7xCrKewGTl4%2FhjUm0%3D&reserved=0
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