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Felt it in Northern Thailand, I've lived through many earthquakes around here but this was on completely different level - usually I notice some open doors and

Felt it in Northern Thailand, I've lived through many earthquakes around here but this was on completely different level - usually I notice some open doors and hanging things shaking and can slightly feel it, but today I felt worried if my house is going to crash down and all my neighbors ran to the street. (our houses are built on ~1m stilts to protect from floods) Sadly didn't receive a notification from Android this time, last time I got it about ten seconds before the shaking began.

t_mahmood 2y ago
Google turned it off after the mishap in Brazil, iirc.
- sofixa 2y ago
  The page is still up: https://crisisresponse.google/android-alerts/ https://crisisresponse.google/android-alerts/ And according to some Googling, they had only disabled it in Brazil while investigating why the false alarm happened.
- Tostino 2y ago
  Looks like they only disabled it in Brazil [1]. 1. https://www.theverge.com/news/613572/google-earthquake-detection-false-alarm-sao-paulo-brasil-disabled https://www.theverge.com/news/613572/google-earthquake-detec...
  - cma 2y ago
    Did they ever follow up on the outcome of that investigation and report on what caused the false detection?
- InDubioProRubio 2y ago
  Is that even slightly proportional? One wrong warning- vs 1 right..
kayxspre 2y ago
I would at least expect a Cell Broadcast to be deployed (The TelCo Authorities/Providers and Disaster Management Authority has been testing it last year and expected to be deployed in Q2 2025). According to the press conference, the system can be activated, but it wasn't until 2:30 PM that the Disaster Management Authority decided to ask the TelCo to send SMS (not via Cell Broadcast). In my case, it wasn't until 7:40 PM that I received guidance from the authority. Some people are claiming that they received alerts from other apps that target Thai people, such as gaming app, novel reading app and call screening app. Even the SNS account of online gambling site (illegal in Thailand) managed to provide guidance faster than the government's own response. Red Tapes on triggering the warning means no one was even sure what is going on, and has to resort for self-reporting or SNS.
darkhorn 2y ago
Two years ago Turks didn't receive notifications either. I wonder what is not working in Android.
- anticensor 2y ago
  Turkey case was different and wilfully evil intentioned. They knowingly disabled base stations.
  - darkhorn 2y ago
    https://youtu.be/bVqWFuzFHoI https://youtu.be/bVqWFuzFHoI

t_mahmood 2y ago

Google turned it off after the mishap in Brazil, iirc.

sofixa 2y ago
The page is still up: https://crisisresponse.google/android-alerts/ https://crisisresponse.google/android-alerts/ And according to some Googling, they had only disabled it in Brazil while investigating why the false alarm happened.
Tostino 2y ago
Looks like they only disabled it in Brazil [1]. 1. https://www.theverge.com/news/613572/google-earthquake-detection-false-alarm-sao-paulo-brasil-disabled https://www.theverge.com/news/613572/google-earthquake-detec...
- cma 2y ago
  Did they ever follow up on the outcome of that investigation and report on what caused the false detection?
InDubioProRubio 2y ago
Is that even slightly proportional? One wrong warning- vs 1 right..

kayxspre 2y ago

I would at least expect a Cell Broadcast to be deployed (The TelCo Authorities/Providers and Disaster Management Authority has been testing it last year and expected to be deployed in Q2 2025). According to the press conference, the system can be activated, but it wasn't until 2:30 PM that the Disaster Management Authority decided to ask the TelCo to send SMS (not via Cell Broadcast). In my case, it wasn't until 7:40 PM that I received guidance from the authority. Some people are claiming that they received alerts from other apps that target Thai people, such as gaming app, novel reading app and call screening app. Even the SNS account of online gambling site (illegal in Thailand) managed to provide guidance faster than the government's own response. Red Tapes on triggering the warning means no one was even sure what is going on, and has to resort for self-reporting or SNS.

darkhorn 2y ago

Two years ago Turks didn't receive notifications either. I wonder what is not working in Android.

anticensor 2y ago
Turkey case was different and wilfully evil intentioned. They knowingly disabled base stations.
- darkhorn 2y ago
  https://youtu.be/bVqWFuzFHoI https://youtu.be/bVqWFuzFHoI