USGS will launch Shake Alert system in Oregon

USGS will launch Shake Alert system in Oregon

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Tomorrow the united states geological service will launch the shake alert system in oregon officials from the oregon musuem of science and industry say there are common misconceptions about the earthquake early warning system.

One of them is that it can somehow predict earthquakes before they begin.

That is not the case because that scientific technology doesn't exist, according to officials.

"a shake alert can't detect an earthquake before it occurs, but it can detect an earthquake that has just begun.

And it can do so very rapidly so that some people can get alerts before they even feel shaky.

So, this distinction is really important, especially for the media, because we don't want to give people the impression that shake alert or any kind of technology or any kind of internet guru can predict earthquakes before