ShakeAlertLA Software
Company Name: City of Los Angeles
About: Clutter is a tech-enabled storage company that lets clients store extra stuff without actually
leaving their house.
Headquarters: Culver City, California, United States.
ShakeAlertLA Overview
This app is brought to you by Mayor Eric Garcetti and the City of Los Angeles, and built on the ShakeAlert system developed by the U.S. Geological Survey.
You can also use this app to prepare for an earthquake, get details on recent earthquakes, and find help after an earthquake.
The "Recent earthquakes" screen now displays earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 and above in the past 30 days for the continental United States.
ShakeAlertLA alerts you that an earthquake has been detected and that you may soon feel shaking.
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Product Details and Description of
this app alerts you that an earthquake has been detected and that you may soon feel shaking. You can also use this app to prepare for an earthquake, get details on recent earthquakes, and find help after an earthquake. This app is brought to you by Mayor Eric Garcetti and the City of Los Angeles, and built on the ShakeAlert system developed by the U.S. Geological Survey. Version 1.1 adds a new feature based on feedback from the this app community. The "Recent earthquakes" screen now displays earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 and above in the past 30 days for the continental United States. More information and a tutorial is at https://earthquake.lacity.org/this app.
Top Reviews
By Rt. Rev. Jeffster
A solid start
The first release is a beta version. Not bad. The only way to fully debug a real-time distributed system is to deploy it, and see how it works at large scale. There are millions of phones in LA County - there are bound to be snags, but they can’t be found until it’s tried. I’ve read other reviewers’ complaints: - it only works in LA County That’s where the sensors are, kids. Other local governments need to get with the program. - it tracks your location, and reports locally Makes sense. I want to know if *I* am going to feel an earthquake, where I am, right now. If I’m in Portland, and there’s an earthquake in LA, I’ll get the news, soon enough. LA sending notifications around the world is an unreasonable demand. My questions: - does it have anti-spoofing safeguards? If an alarm goes out, people are going to go completely ape. If it’s a false alarm, injuries may happen for no good reason. - will it override the audio on/off switch, just in case? I bump my switch all the time. - will it sound the alarm at max volume, no matter the present setting? A good warning system should wake the dead.
By MonstrCoco
Not sure why people being so negative
This app is a great idea and I am glad to see it finally get released. I haven’t experienced any problems or crashing and it’s brand new so nobody can say much about its efficacy yet but I hope it succeeds one day to do what it was created to do; save lives. Los Angeles is the first city to have an earthquake early warning tool like this one. We all know there will be earthquakes in this city, maybe not today, but it will happen. There’s no good reason not to be as prepared as you can and this app is a good place to start. This app includes a few simple tools for earthquake preparation like checklists and helpful instructions about what to do during and after an earthquake.
By kctalks
Worked perfectly
Los Angeles felt the effects of two large quakes that happened 100 miles outside of L.A. July 4-5. There was no cause to be notified in L.A. County because the potential damage caused by these quakes were only expected to happen outside of the County. The app was designed to only alert folks living within L.A. County IF damage or potential injury was imminent here. The fewer alerts we get, the better, because when those few alerts DO come thru you know it’s gonna be Northridge all over again, in which case those precious seconds to remediate come into play, which was and is the point to this app. Disclaimer: I’m just some random L.A. citizen.
