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Android phones to track quakes; California gets alert system

| August 11, 2020 7:03 PM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Android phones will be used to sense earthquakes around the world and may one day be able to provide global warnings, with the first mass alert system unveiled Tuesday in California, Google announced.

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