Google disabled its Android earthquake detection function in Brazil after many smartphones users in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro received false emergency alerts on Friday morning, Android police Reports. The alerts of an earthquake of 5.5 magnitude of magnitude were sent to devices around 2 am this morning and identified earthquakes in the Ubatuba and Baixada Santista regions of the country.
According to CNN BrasilThe civil defense of São Paulo, which manages an early alert system for disaster risks, said that it “had not issued a warning and that there is no trace of presence linked to the possible earthquake in the state “.
In an email at The penisGoogle Ed spokesman Ed Fernandez writes:
THE Android earthquake alert system is an additional service that uses Android phones to quickly estimate earthquakes and provide early warnings to users. It is not designed to replace official warning systems or other audiences. On February 14, our system detected signals from devices near the São Paulo coast and sparked an earthquake alert to users in the region. We quickly disabled the Brazil alert system and are currently investigating what happened. We apologize to our users for the drawbacks and remain determined to improve our tools.
