Google Failed To Warn 10 Million of Turkey Earthquake Severity (bbc.com) 13
Google has admitted its earthquake early warning system failed to accurately alert people during Turkey's deadly quake of 2023. From a report: Ten million people within 98 miles of the epicentre could have been sent Google's highest level alert -- giving up to 35 seconds of warning to find safety. Instead, only 469 "Take Action" warnings were sent out for the first 7.8 magnitude quake.
Google told the BBC half a million people were sent a lower level warning, which is designed for "light shaking", and does not alert users in the same prominent way. The tech giant previously told the BBC the system had "performed well" after an investigation in 2023. The alerts system is available in just under 100 countries -- and is described by Google as a "global safety net" often operating in countries with no other warning system. Google's system, named Android Earthquake Alerts (AEA), is run by the Silicon Valley firm - not individual countries.
Google told the BBC half a million people were sent a lower level warning, which is designed for "light shaking", and does not alert users in the same prominent way. The tech giant previously told the BBC the system had "performed well" after an investigation in 2023. The alerts system is available in just under 100 countries -- and is described by Google as a "global safety net" often operating in countries with no other warning system. Google's system, named Android Earthquake Alerts (AEA), is run by the Silicon Valley firm - not individual countries.
wooopsie (Score:2)
I normally say "let's blame Microsoft", but there's a lot of blame to go around lately.
2 years ago. Why didn't we blame them then?
Apologies to anyone who was hurt.
<finished making a mockery of a tragedy, heads for exit>
A courtesy is not an obligation. (Score:5, Insightful)
What did the GOVERNMENT tell its people?
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What did the GOVERNMENT tell its people?
As best I can tell, although I can't say why, the answer to this is apparently "Nothing".
The earthquake warning is basically Google just trying to be nice to Android customers. Everyone else can, well, die. Google researchers figured out that the phones that use Android have tiny accelerometers in the phone that detect the earth's motion and can do the job better than traditional detection devices. They are also giving Google the opportunity to warn people who may not be near a detection device o
Should have used Starlink (Score:2)
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Why warn? We know when Thanksgiving is! (Score:2, Redundant)
Obligatory XKCD (Score:2)
https://xkcd.com/937/ [xkcd.com]
indistinguishable from magic (Score:3)
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Stating severity is a bad design decision. (Score:2)
You come into liability issues with too much specificity.
People are going to read things differently and gauge whether or not a specific alert or warning carries great weight toward their situation anyway. Just having an alert that an earthquake, or t
Earthquake severity (Score:2)
Turkey Earthquake Severity is indeed much stronger than Pumpkin severity, or even Milk Shake earthquake severity.