Feb 3, 2023Confirmed
Android earthquake alerts reportedly underestimated the 2023 Kahramanmaraş quake, sending few urgent warnings
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During the February 6, 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake sequence, Google's Android Earthquake Alerts system reportedly rated the magnitude-7.8 quake at 4.5–4.9. Only 469 users reportedly got the top-level warning, and about 500,000 got lower-level notices. Researchers estimated roughly 10 million people could have been warned, with up to 35 seconds' notice.
What this means for youAn automated alert on your phone can badly misjudge a disaster, so it should not be your only warning. Households in quake-prone areas can also follow official national alert channels and keep a plan for what to do when shaking starts.
Sources
- AI Incident Databasehttps://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1546
Data from the AI Incident Database (incidentdatabase.ai), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. IAAI-21.
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