Google confessed its first earthquake-earthquake system failed to raise awareness of the people during the fatal quarter of Turkey in 2023.
10 million people within 98 kilometers may have submitted a very high quality warehouse – to offer 35 seconds of warning for security.
Instead, only 469 warnings were “sent for the first 7.8 progress.
Google tells the BBC half a million people, they are sent to a low-level warning, designed for “a light shakes”, and does not broadcaster in the same way.
Tech Giant reported the BBC system was ‘well-made’.
The program works on Android devices, which make more than 70% of Turkish telephones.
More than 55,000 people died when the two major earthquake hit South-East Turkey on 6 February 2023, more than 100,000 injured. Many were sleeping in the premises that were destroyed when it came to trembling.
The warning system is still in the area and lasts on the day of the brimple – however condued earthquakes.
“We continue to improve the program based on each of the trials”, Google spokesman said.
How does this work
Google Program, Android Notifications Earthquake Earthquake (AEA), are able to tremble from a large number of calls using the Android app.
Because the earthquake is slow in the world, is sent for a warning.
The worst Google warning is called “Take the action”, which sets the big alarm in the user’s phone – to skip the setting – and cover their screen.
This is a warning to be sent to people where a powerful trembling can threaten one’s life.
AEA and has a serious “Note”, designed to notify easy-simple sound users – a warning that does not transfer the device to disturbing.
The action notice of action was very important in Turkey due to disaster-disasterievance and because the first earthquakes attacked 04:17, when many users were sleeping. Only a serious warning that they would plan.
During the months after the BBC earthquake wanted to talk to the users given to this warning – at first for the purposes of showing technical performance.
But speaking to people in cities and towns, looking at an international earthquake, much time in the month, we could not find anyone who received the worst action before the earthquake. We published later findings that year.
‘Limitations’
Google investigators write about the science book details of what went wrong, the restriction on algorithms are “.
For the first earthquake, the program measured to shiver between 4.5 and 4.9 at the moment (MMS) when it is actually 7.8.
The second major earthquake later on that day was viewed, by the process of shipment during the 8,158 calls and monitor existing alerts under four million users.
After Google researchers have changed algorithm, and they also worked in the first earthquake again.
In this case, the program was produced by 10 million taking incidents of incidents that are at high risk – and some 67 million become alert to those who live continuously away from the Epicentter.
“All landscape early to warn have the same issues – the same algorithms for large events,” told BBC.
But Elizabeth Reddy, professor of the Help of Colorado School of Mines, says this lasts for more than two years.
“I was quite frustrated that it took so long,” he said
“We are not talking about a small event – people die – and we did not see this warning of this warning as possible.”
Google says the system should be added and is not a place of national programs.
However, some root countries are safe and put great faith in a completely inspected tech.
“I think that literally works,” Harold Tobin, Director, the Pacific Northwest Director Sismic Network, told BBC.
“Are some places to do the calculation that made you, so don’t you have?”
Google researchers say that event’s analysis after the event has improved the program better – and AEA has issued alerts in 98 countries.
The BBC asked Google how AEA was made during the 2025 earthquake in Myanmar, but still to find the answer.
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