Neowin News Feed for: Earthquake

Google's Android earthquake alerts missed key warnings in Turkey's deadly quakes

Paul Hill — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 04:06:02 +0000

Google has admitted in a research paper that its earthquake warning system performed inadequately during the 2023 earthquakes in Turkey, but has now improved the system. Read more...

Oxford explains what made Earth shake "every 90 seconds over nine days" in 2023

Sayan Sen — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 20:28:01 +0000

Back in September of 2023, the Earth shook for "every 90 seconds over nine days" and now in 2025, Oxford scientists have solved what caused it. Read more...

Android Earthquake Alerts System now covers all 50 U.S. states and 6 U.S. territories

Pradeep Viswanathan — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 04:00:02 +0000

Google is expanding its Android Earthquake Alerts system to cover all 50 U.S. states and 6 U.S. territories. The system uses phone accelerometers to detect earthquakes. Read more...

TSMC resumes chip manufacturing a day after 7.4 magnitude earthquake hits Taiwan

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:46:01 +0000

TSMC, the world's largest semiconductor manufacturing company, has resumed work on its factories with limited disruption to its operations after Taiwan was struck by a powerful earthquake. Read more...

Japan earthquake causes pause at semiconductor factories

Paul Hill — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 02:26:01 +0000

TrendForce has reported that several semiconductor-related companies in Japan have factories in the earthquake zone. Luckily, the first batch of investigations reported no significant damage. Read more...

Skype makes calls free to affected regions of Mexico after deadly earthquake

Vishal Laul — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 22:04:01 +0000

Skype calls to the regions affected by the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Mexico have been made free until further notice. However, do note that Skype cannot be used to make emergency calls. Read more...

This week in science: Powerful X-rays generators; earthquakes prediction; AI in astrophysics

Gabriel Nunes — Sun, 03 Sep 2017 01:36:01 +0000

The fastest X-ray generator in the planet was fired for the first time, while machine learning was used to predict earthquakes and AI leveraged to analyze gravitational lenses 10 million times faster. Read more...

China detains four WeChat users for spreading false rumours about earthquakes

Paul Hill — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 02:36:02 +0000

China's Ministry of Public Security has put four people into detention for causing panic by spreading false rumours that subsequent earthquakes, following the one in Sichuan, had hit the country. Read more...

Destiny community raises more than a million dollars for Nepal victims

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 09:30:01 +0000

The gaming community behind Destiny banded together with Bungie and Activision and managed to raise more than a million dollars, money that's being donated to Direct Relief to help victims in Nepal. Read more...

With another earthquake in Nepal, Viber has made calling out of the country free

Steven Johns — Tue, 12 May 2015 09:32:01 +0000

Similar to what happened with the last earthquake in Nepal last month, Viber has taken the lead in making their services free for Nepalese users trying to contact others within Nepal and abroad. Read more...

Google rolls out aid for victims of Nepal earthquake

Jett Goldsmith — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 07:19:02 +0000

In response to the destruction of the devastating magnitude 7.8 Nepalese earthquake, Google has rolled out several useful tools to make responding and recovering from the disaster easier. Read more...

Apple to offer early earthquake warnings in Japanese iOS 5

Denis Wong — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:10:26 +0000

Apple will include built-in earthquake warning notifications in iOS 5 for Japanese users, following the devastating Tohoku earthquake that devastated parts of Japan in March. Read more...

Japanese iPad 2 launch delayed

Matthew Jones — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 01:59:52 +0000

The launch of the iPad 2 in Japan has been postponed indefinitely as the country attempts to cope with the wake of the earthquake and tsunami disaster. Apple spokeswoman Nat Kerris told All Things Digital's John... Read more...

Japanese Apple Stores pitch in after earthquake

Matthew Jones — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:03:19 +0000

As the people of Japan struggled to comprehend the enormity of the natural disaster that struck last Friday, at least one Apple Store reportedly threw its doors open in an effort to help the public.... Read more...

Japanese electronics industry taking a hit as disaster recovery begins

Tzvi Friedman — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:31:23 +0000

As Japan attempts to recover and rebuild after the devastating natural disasters of the past week, the effects of nature’s wrath on the tech industry is slowly becoming clear. According to Engadget, tech giants Sony,... Read more...

AT&T, Vonage offer free international calls and texts to Japan

Matthew Jones — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:18:01 +0000

As Japan's earthquake and tsunami disaster continues to unfold, telco AT&T and VoIP provider Vonage have moved to offer free calls and texts to US customers trying to get in touch with friends and family... Read more...

Microsoft pledges $1.25M in support for Haiti relief aid

Tom Warren — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:46:23 +0000

Microsoft has confirmed it plans to make an initial commitment of $1.25 million to support the relief efforts in Haiti following a massive 7.0 (on the richter scale) earthquake on January 12. The software giant... Read more...

Pakistan Earthquake

Sun, 09 Oct 2005 23:26:55 +0000

Yesterday morning, Pakistan was hit by a earthquake registering 7.6 on the Richter scale. So far, it is thought that as many as 20,000 people might have lost their lives in what is perhaps one... Read more...