He spent over 15 years in IT support before joining The Verge. Google has disabled its Android earthquake detection feature in Brazil after many smartphone users in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro ...

The reason for the false alarm was initially unclear. It reached users of cell phones with the Google Android operating system installed. An earthquake with a magnitude of up to 5.5 was reported ...

The tech giant has temporarily shut down its Android earthquake alerts in Brazil after a glitch caused a false alarm in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, CNN Brasil reported (via 9to5Google).

WASHINGTON STATE — Tens of thousands of people in western Washington and southwestern British Columbia Canada, felt a magnitude 4.5 earthquake that originated at the southeast side of Orcas Island.

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Android disabled earthquake alerts in Brazil after mistakenly sending notifications. Civil Defense of São Paulo confirmed no earthquakes took place. Google issued an apology and is investigating ...

However, Google has deactivated Android’s earthquake alerts in Brazil following false alarms fiasco. Google has deactivated earthquake alerts in Brazil after users received false alarms Folks ...