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Earthquake detection using smartphones
Posted: Sat 13 Feb 2016 8:01 am
by Keithcaley
I thought that
this was an interesting idea - you can find the app
here, courtesy of UC Berkeley Seismologicial Laboratory.
Re: Earthquake detection using smartphones
Posted: Sat 13 Feb 2016 8:09 am
by Bert
Set it quite high, above 3 or it will go off all the time in this area!
Re: Earthquake detection using smartphones
Posted: Sat 13 Feb 2016 8:15 am
by Keithcaley
Bert wrote:Set it quite high, above 3 or it will go off all the time in this area!
Yes, you could be right!
Although, I think that they take an average reading from a few hundred 'phones in a given area, process the data, and then send out alerts if appropriate - otherwise, they'd get a lot of false alarms caused by the the heavy lorries trundling past my house, on the way to SIBA !