What you need to know
- Google admitted in a recent report that its earthquake alert system failed to warn 10 million people in Turkey during the 2023 earthquake.
- According to the report, only 469 high-level “Take Action” warnings were sent out before the first 7.8 magnitude quake.
- Google's system seemed to have miscalculated the magnitude of the earthquake, sending around 500,000 users a minor “Be Aware” notification.
- Google has since worked on making its alert system more accurate, closer to the actual magnitude of the earthquake.
