A rescuer cuts the steel bars of a collapsed building with an angle grinder in Caracas on June 25, 2026, following deadly earthquakes. Using heavy equipment or their bare hands, rescuers and volunteers searched for survivors of the twin earthquake in Venezuela, which has officially left 589 dead and, according to estimates, thousands missing. (Photo by Juan BARRETO / AFP)
Many social media users in Venezuela have reported receiving alerts on Android smartphones moments before Wednesday’s quake with almost 600 confirmed dead.
Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS, both include the option to display government alerts for emergencies like earthquakes.
But the search giant last year also detailed its system that uses the billions of Android smartphones worldwide to detect earthquakes in the first place.
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