[Roteno’s] submission for the 555 timer design contest is an Internet connected earthquake alert system. It monitors the USGS website for earthquake data and plays a tune when an earthquake occurs.

The earthquake did not cause damage or victims but was felt specially in the capital Santiago, where hundreds of people left their homes, also deeply confused by the erroneous alert message from ...

which is the same system you receive an AMBER Alert, for magnitude 5.0 earthquakes. In the case of the Orcas Island earthquake on Monday, USGS said it issued an initial ShakeAlert message 7.2 ...

Earthquake alerts on smartphones offer precious seconds to seek safety by using built-in accelerometers to detect tremors. The Android Earthquake Alerts System, which Google expanded to India in ...

Rescue workers are continuing their search for survivors after yesterday's powerful earthquake in Myanmar. The country's ...