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jmcstar t1_itxlrnx wrote

Strangest experience... Alert, 10 seconds pass, earthquake hits. Wtf. Any other future predictions magical device?

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DrCashew t1_itxn80f wrote

I mean you're laughing but we're talking about something that in the best has been impossible to predict, and we didn't think of it as a possibility. We're talking about subterranean crusts that affect this from further down then we can hope to reach currently, this tech is actually straight up amazing.

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yeahyeahdiablo t1_ity91t4 wrote

it’s not a prediction. the earthquake had already happened, it’s just that seismic monitoring stations picked the earthquake up and broadcast the warning as it was propagating. japan has had the technology for decades, as has mexico, it’s nothing new

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OCedHrt t1_ity8ttj wrote

The alert came a split second after for me.

And the amber alert was 15 min late.

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