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Re:California fault capable of producing a magnitude 8 earth... by Florin_Andrei on Friday October 18, 2019 @03:43AM (#21289418)
The Earthquake Alert! app on Android showed me the recent earthquake about 1 minute after the event - the time it took to figure out what's happening, get the phone, unlock, fire up the app, etc.
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Re:California fault capable of producing a magnitude 8 earth... by moring on Friday October 18, 2019 @04:01AM (#21289485)
Sounds like room for improvement: Shout "earthquake" through the phone's speakers (overriding any volume setting), flash "earthquake" on the screen (turning the screen on if necessary, but if that takes a second, don't have it delay the sound output but do it in parallel), and especially without unlocking or opening the app.
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Re:California fault capable of producing a magnitude 8 earth... by themaninthedark on Friday October 18, 2019 @07:34AM (#21290408)
Something like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKhFCMO78OE

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Re:California fault capable of producing a magnitude 8 earth... by spuz on Friday October 18, 2019 @08:16AM (#21290676)
Why do you need to fire up the app? Are you looking to receive alerts or send them?
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