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Google’s Android-based earthquake detector had a false alarm

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Google’s Android Earthquake Alert System alerted people of an earthquake in Brazil early on Valentine’s Day, but it was a false alarm — there was no earthquake.

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Great excitement in Brazil's São Paulo: an earthquake warning shrill on millions of mobile phones - but nothing happens. Apparently, an error in the Google operating system Android has triggered the alarm.

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Several Android phone owners received a false earthquake alert during the night of Thursday to Friday in Brazil. The giant had to apologize this Friday, February 14 and announced the opening of an investigation.

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Residents in southeastern Brazil received a message about two o'clock in the morning announcing an alleged 5.5 magnitude earthquake on the coast.

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Google apologized this Friday to users in Brazil who received a false earthquake alert on their Android phones during the past morning, according to a note released by the technological giant. “We quickly disabled the alert system in Brazil and we are investigating what happened,” said Google. “We apologized to our users for the inconvenience,” he added. Residents of the states of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais (southeast) received a…

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Doble Llave broke the news in on Friday, February 14, 2025.
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