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I got an alert through the emergency alert system on my iPhone (during the quake though, not before it, but the report said that was also true of some Android a

by jrmg 4y ago

I got an alert through the emergency alert system on my iPhone (during the quake though, not before it, but the report said that was also true of some Android alerts). I don’t have an app installed that was responsible for it.

smcin 4y ago
Yes the alert gets sent to every cellphone user. Not just those who installed the ShakeAlert app. Whereas actually installing the ShakeAlert app helps improve crowdsourced early warnings on intensity and location. It is absolutely not necessary to install the ShakeAlert app to get the alerts. But it is a good civic-minded thing, and it does not compromise privacy.
rconti 4y ago
Interesting. I only got it via the MyShake app on my iPhone (Apple watch, actually). I can't imagine there's logic to disable the EWS alert for something I got a push notification for. Or maybe I'm remembering wrong.