YuvaPatrkaar : Earthquake tremors were felt today in North India including Delhi NCR. An increase in earthquake incidents has been recorded in the last few years. To avoid this, earthquake alert feature in mobile was rolled out by the government. If you have not yet turned on the earthquake alert feature in your phone. So activate it today itself, so that an alert will come in your phone before the earthquake.

In which phones will it work?

The earthquake alert feature has currently been rolled out for Android smartphone users. It is believed that the earthquake alert feature can be rolled out for iOS devices soon. This feature will work in all Android smartphones, which work on Android version 5 and above. Google has rolled out the earthquake alert system with the help of Ministry of Earth Science, National Disaster Management Authority and National Center for Seismology.

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On what intensity earthquake will alert be given?

If an earthquake of 4.5 or more intensity occurs near you, Android smartphone users will get two types of alerts.

Alert information

This alert will come when light tremors occur. This alert will be sent to those users when tremors of MMI 3 or 4 are felt.

Alert

This will be sent to those users who experience MMI 5+ shaking. In this alert there is a loud sound in the phone.

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How to activate Android earthquake alert system

• You must have a phone running Android 5 or above, with active Wi-Fi or cellular data.
• Go to your device's Settings and turn on both Android earthquake alerts and location settings.
• Search for the Safety & Emergency option in your device's settings. Then select Earthquake Alert and turn on the toggle.
• The earthquake alert system on your Android device will be activated, and you will receive earthquake updates.
• If you don't want alerts. So you can disable earthquake alerts in your device settings.

Superfast News Coverage By YuvaPatrkaar.com Team

Publish Date : October 3, 2023

Posted By Ravi Kumar

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