A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit Hualien a few days ago. Various aftershocks of various sizes have occurred from time to time in the past few days. If you are worried that your mobile phone will not receive a national warning earthquake notification when the next strong earthquake hits, you may wish to download the Taiwan Earthquake Alert APP to receive earthquake warning notifications a few seconds in advance and have more time to react and evacuate.
Taiwan Earthquake Alert APP: Instant earthquake countdown warning to avoid missing national alerts
After each strong earthquake, many people report that they did not receive national warning notifications and are looking for other apps that can provide real-time earthquake warnings so that they can have more time to evacuate next time they encounter an earthquake. In addition to Android users, you can use “KNY Taiwan Earthquake Quick Report” APP, iOS users can now download this “Taiwan Earthquake Alert” APP, which allows users to receive strong earthquake warnings a few seconds in advance when an earthquake occurs locally, and can also understand how long it will take for seismic waves to arrive.
After downloading this APP from the App Store, “Taipei City” will be set as the alarm location by default. If you are in other cities, you can go to the setting page to switch.
On the APP’s settings page, you can change the city under “Alarm Location”. Currently, only six cities, Taipei City, Hsinchu City, Taichung City, Chiayi City, Tainan City, and Kaohsiung City, are supported. If the city where you are located is not displayed in the menu, it is recommended to select a nearby city as an alert.
In the next step, under the notification settings, you can select the setting of “Early Warning Severity”. Generally speaking, earthquakes with an intensity of magnitude 3 or above are more noticeable, and everyone has different sensitivity to earthquakes. The minimum warning vibration ranges from earthquake intensity 0 (inclusive) and above to earthquake intensity 4 (inclusive) and above. It is recommended to set it at earthquake intensity 3. This can also avoid setting the early warning earthquake too low, causing the mobile phone to receive frequent earthquake reminders.
After everyone has adjusted the settings, the Taiwan Earthquake Alert APP will allow you to receive real-time earthquake alert notifications when another strong earthquake occurs in the future. You can also be warned of the expected arrival time of seismic waves in advance, so that you can protect yourself in advance.
If you are not sure whether there was an earthquake earlier, you can also check the reporting history of the Taiwan Earthquake Report APP to confirm the earthquake warnings issued by the system during the past period. Generally speaking, the farther a city is from the epicenter, the longer the countdown seconds will be.
Finally, it is recommended that you download “Taiwan Earthquake Quick Report“APP or”KNY earthquake warning” APP, both of these APPs use the earthquake real-time warning system (CWB) from the Central Weather Bureau. The quick report may also have occasional false alarms. It is recommended that you still refer to the final announcement by the Central Weather Bureau.
Taiwan Earthquake Quick Report APP download (App Store)
In addition, it is also recommended that everyone can add the official LINE account of the “National Pest Control Technology Center” as a friend, so that you can be more prepared for the occurrence of various natural disasters.
National Disaster Prevention and Rescue Technology Center
Since some people have reported that their mobile phones may not receive national alerts due to various factors such as their location, it is recommended that you also use the “National Disaster Prevention and Rescue Technology Center“Add the LINE official account as a friend to ensure that the most immediate warning can be provided in the event of any subsequent disasters.
After adding the National Disaster Prevention and Technology Center as a friend, expand the function menu and click “Subscribe Alerts”, then select the administrative region to subscribe. You can further check the items for which you want to subscribe to alerts. For example, if you want to get information about earthquake reports, typhoons, flooding, work and school closures, thunderstorms, rainfall, etc., you can check here the various meteorological, hydrological, transportation, and livelihood information you want to know.
Taking the recent earthquake as an example, a report and the scope of impact will be sent every time an earthquake occurs, and more complete earthquake information will be sent in the future.
Source: KOCPC Chinese