Google's earthquake early-warning system has used phone accelerometers on Android devices to increase quake alerts by tenfold ...

BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) -- UC Berkeley has been working for years to build an earthquake warning system on the West Coast. The same kind of system that helped prevent Mexico's 7.2 magnitude earthquake ...

A new seismic station was installed in August 2025 on Burley Mountain, near Mount Rainier. After a swarm of earthquakes ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The 6.4 and 7.1 magnitude earthquakes that jolted Ridgecrest served as reminders of how unexpected and strong earthquakes can be. Seismologists are still processing the data ...

West Coast citizens get crucial seconds of warning with Android ShakeAlert and MyShake earthquake detection apps that issue life-saving alerts before hazardous shaking. Such new technologies turn ...

PASADENA, Calif. — Automated alerts from the fledgling West Coast earthquake early warning system are ready to be used broadly by businesses, utilities, schools and other entities but not for mass ...

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake shook Indio Monday night, rattling residents across the Coachella Valley but causing no major ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As sensors picked up the first signs of a strong earthquake jolting the Northern California coast, an alert was blasted to 3 million smartphone users telling them to "drop, ...

Part of the $1.1 trillion in federal spending approved by Congress is $5 million for an earthquake warning system in California. Democrat Adam Schiffrepresents Burbank and Glendale in a district that ...

The need for an earthquake early warning system, as recently proposed in a California bill, is long overdue and highlights other needs, say two researchers within the University of California system ...

A shake alert went out over the U.S. Geological Survey's early warning system on Dec. 4, warning that a 5.9 earthquake near Carson City in western Nevada could produce heavy shaking in the region. But ...