266110 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://qnewshub.com/technology/your-android-phone-will-soon-be-part-of-a-worldwide-earthquake-detection-network/Google is creating a worldwide earthquake detection network, and every Android phone will eventually be a part of that. The system is now rolling out for Android phones in California in the US as part of the phased rollout and will use the sensors in Android phones to detect seismic activity and....Thu, 13 Aug 2020 23:01:00 +0200qnewshub-03b0473a1d3e1deeaf10fcd3d6a253ee20200813230100https://interestingengineering.com/google-launches-earthquake-detection-early-alert-system?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=article&utm_content=13082020Detecting earthquakes ahead of time and alerting as many people as possible can save a huge amount of lives, even if it's just seconds beforehand. It's been a tricky system to implement, though. So when Google announced on Tuesday that its earthquake detection and early alert system for Android....Thu, 13 Aug 2020 15:35:00 +0200interestingengineering-a4e969778cd3f302af02a4474969cb8720200813153500https://www.kbc.co.ke/nairobi-and-mombasa-residents-report-earth-tremors/According to United States Geological Survey (USGS) Earthquakes in Tanzania especially of this magnitude, are very rare. Many people reported feeling the earthquake, especially along the coast and on nearby islands. It was felt as far as 600 km (372 miles) to the NW.Thu, 13 Aug 2020 09:37:00 +0200kenyamoja-49882d83e6316cea36bf0a426859a6c120200813093700https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/56329-expert-reveals-cause-earth-tremors-kenya-tanzaniaOn the evening of Wednesday, August 12, 2020, parts of Kenya and Tanzania experienced earth tremors. Geophysics/Seismology expert Gladys Kianji who is also a lecturer at the University of Nairobi explained that the tremors were caused by a movement in tectonic plates.Thu, 13 Aug 2020 09:37:00 +0200kenyamoja-9587e35fd1dd06f67a31699fd398f26f20200813093700