Private Companies Shake Up Mexico City’s Earthquake-Alert System

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Mexico City's earthquake alerts blare out on TV and radio and via thousands of loudspeakers. Companies are pushing for a more 21st-century approach—on smartphones, Twitter and in-home alarms.

MEXICO CITY—Two years after a devastating earthquake struck Mexico City, killing more than 200 people and damaging thousands of buildings, the city’s government is feuding with private technology startups over who warns residents about approaching temblors.

Last month, the city issued a new decree that the only entity allowed to send early earthquake warnings was a Mexican nonprofit known as the Center for Seismic Instrumentation and Registry, or Cires.

 

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earthquake smartphone alarm existed before. The problem was about detectors, most of them are on pacific side, if it hits another place, no alarm.

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