Doesn’t work
I’ve had this app for sometime. I have it set to detect all local earthquakes and it has never alerted me even after a 3.8 that shook my house pretty good. It also drains my battery like crazy even after changing settings. I just deleted it!
Warning! Battery Killer!
Even with “Background App Refresh” turned off (and virtually never launching it), this app consistently accounts for 15-20% of my daily battery usage.
Deleting until it’s fixed.
Deleting until it’s fixed.
Still a battery killer
Two years ago someone wrote a review that the app was draining their battery. It still is — 37% off my battery was being used by it. MyShake offers the same warnings without battery issues. I’m using it exclusively now.
Didn't notify me of the 5.1 that happened a few miles away
I have all location and notification permissions enabled, yet this failed to let me know about the 5.1 San Jose earthquake that just happened...even after the fact. It's in the app when I check but I've received zero notifications for the last couple years even though I have the highest sensitivity level on. It unfortunately is useless and just drains my battery from constant location provisions. I'll have to delete this.
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Doesn’t work
Last night there was a 4.3 magnitude earthquake here and this app did not warn me nor is it showing the earthquake in the list of earthquakes. My other app, MyShake did both. Maybe this app only works above a certain magnitude? Probably won’t be keeping this app.
App keeps crashing but good app
I recently installed this app today and my first impressions were not that really good because it would crash sometimes. But on the other hand, my other impressions were the simulation of the QuakeAlert and the maps and quake occurrences by list. So if you can fix the crashes on the app, it would be splendid. If your looking for a QuakeAlert app, this is recommended, but I will give you a advice, it will crash sometimes. I’m giving it a 4.5/5. And it will be useful since I’m a Junior High Student
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No alerts
This app must not work in Ventura County, about 100 miles north of Los Angeles. We’ve had two earthquakes and a few aftershocks in the last two weeks located only 5miles away, including a 4.1 yesterday that never once alerted. Not once have I gotten an alert in over a year of having this app. I have my alerts set to the lowest setting, too, so there should at least be something. Had high hopes, but it’s been useless.
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Failed on early warning.
Had a 4.3 earthquake 8 miles away and never received an early or even a late warning. Another app I have was 3 minutes after quake ended, but I did get it. I checked this app as soon as the quake ended and it was listed as a 4.7, but never any type of warning. When I think about it, I’ve never received any warning from them on any quakes and all notifications are on. It still has a ways to go.
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Activate again??
Yesterday I downloaded the quake alert app and activated it. Today I got an email from them thanking me for downloading and activating, plus some info about the app. I then went to the app and it says I must activate the app for it to work. How did I get unactivated?
No alerts yet thank goodness but good app
A suggestion - can you add two features:
- Notifications of quakes around me that are smaller than 3.0. I keep an eye out for swarms and this would be a nice feature for geeks like me. It’s not the urgent alert mind you - just a notification that appears on the Lock Screen similar to a new email
- Fault line maps - an option to switch to a map that shows the major fault lines (eg San Andreas, Newport Inglewood)
- Notifications of quakes around me that are smaller than 3.0. I keep an eye out for swarms and this would be a nice feature for geeks like me. It’s not the urgent alert mind you - just a notification that appears on the Lock Screen similar to a new email
- Fault line maps - an option to switch to a map that shows the major fault lines (eg San Andreas, Newport Inglewood)
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Constantly active on background (iphone 11)
Is there no way for this app to exist without being constantly active? My battery page shows that it’s using battery at all times with screen off. I worry this is impacting my battery life a lot
Alerts don’t work
I had this app set to send me alerts whenever there is going to be a quake more than 3.0 . We had a 4.6 the other day and no alerts came up. My other quake app gave me a 2 second heads up. I don’t know what the issue is but this app needs to get worked out.
Life saving app
The 2-5 seconds heads up this app gave me could mean life or death if a larger quake ever struck. This was the second quake I’ve experienced and it’s notified me both times. Amazing!
Just had an earthquake
It did alert me “earthquake in your area will start in 5 seconds” but by the time I got the alert it was already half over and I was aware there was a quake already. Still cool though. Hopefully next time I’ll really get it in advance.
It worked. Kinda.
App did alert me of a quake we had about 30 minutes ago but the alert was sent as the shaking was happening. I’m only about 10 miles from the epicenter (close) so I’m thinking that was the reason.
The app did work though!
The app did work though!
Doesn’t work
We just had an earthquake here prelim was 4.8 and the app never notified me. What is this app for then??? I have it set to notify me of quakes 3+. This quake was centered 17 miles away which is close. This app is useless. Doesn’t do what it say it will. I’m going to find something better that ACTUALLY WORKS!! Don’t waste time downloading it. This is the third time we’ve had an earthquake and it didn’t work.
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Failed!
Got my first alert from this app tonight. Only issue was the alert came in five seconds after the initial hit. Notifications are going to have to push out much quicker for this to be effective. Keep at the mission!
Warning Alert Arrived after Quake Hit
Love the idea and science behind this app; however, looks like some issues need to be worked out. During the recent Pacomia quake, the alert came about 2 seconds after the shaking stopped. We were about 14 miles from epicenter so curious if distance, speed of calculations, server capacity, and/or some other telecommunications issues played a hand. Definitely needs further study; otherwise, use of app for its intended purpose is a failure.
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"Always" location seems to drain battery
I went into settings and changed it to "while using", and it's a lot better.
Life saving Quake App.
So glad someone FINALLY brought this technology to the masses—-for free! This is not your average quake app with tons of annoying alerts, this one is meant to save your life. In the event of a quake, it alerts you ahead of time before the shaking starts. This gives you valuable seconds to get in a safe place and prepare. Highly recommend this app for you and all your loved ones.
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