Earlier this year the city of Los Angeles launched its very own earthquake warning app. It’s called ShakeAlertLA, and it’s supposed to alert “users within Los Angeles County that an earthquake of greater than magnitude 5.0 or level IV intensity has been detected.”
It worked great, and people are incredibly disappointed in it.
Both of those things are unfortunately true, and it all stems from the fact that the app didn’t do anything at all. The over half-a-million people who downloaded the app didn’t get an alert before, during, or after the quakes on July 4th and 5th, and according to L.A. county, that’s exactly what was supposed to happen.
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L.A.’s earthquake warning app worked as intended… or did it? originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 17 Jul 2019 at 09:49:41 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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