Is Google solely responsible for earthquake notifications? For a system they describe as a safety net it’s pretty concerning it’s being relied on so much.
this post was submitted on 28 Jul 2025
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And why does Google manage that and not the government utilizing public standards mandated for both android and iOS?
Yeah, I get "severe weather" notifications on my phone, even when the storm isn't super concerning (and certainly not in my area). I do make decisions based on that, and I get plenty of notice.
None of this is sourced from Google, it's purely our government's notification system.
Yeah, I also read it the opposite way as the author wrote it: 469 people were warned by Google after their government failed to warn them.
It's not Google's job to track and warn people about earthquakes, their job is to make sure their alert system accepts/distributes government safety warnings, which to my knowledge works just fine.
Google may have had a moral responsibility to share information if they possessed it, but ultimately, isn't it the government's duty to warn its citizens about such disasters? After all, they are the ones responsible for the safety of the people they govern.
So is this just something Google does or are they under some sort of contract or law?
There's a free app built into Android phones. It can detect seismic waves, which are different than say a truck driving by. These waves are automatically reported, and if enough of these reports are made Google sends out a warning. This is free and is still being developed, this headline sucks.
Maybe we should arrest the scientist like they did in Italy.
Edit corrected country.
https://www.science.org/content/article/why-italian-earthquake-scientists-were-exonerated