Safety tips vs Earthquake Network

Note: Weather warnings and advisories area in Nara City, Nara Prefecture has changed. Please update to the latest version of Safety tips. Also, if you have set up Nara City, Nara Prefecture, please reset the location. This Application notifies a user with EEW, Tsunami Warnings, Volcanic Warnings, Weather Warnings, Heat illness Warnings and Civil Protection Information issued in Japan. It is a free application developed under the supervision of Japan Tourism Agency. The Application provides various functions useful for foreign tourists in Japan. The application is available in five languages: English, simplified and traditional Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. ＜Main functions and its utilization＞ -Receiving Earthquake Early Warnings, Tsunami Warnings, Volcanic Warnings, Weather Warnings, Heat illness Warnings and Civil Protection Information. Before using the Application for the first time, select locations for which you wish to receive warnings from the Settings Menu (you may select a maximum of five locations (in Japan only))(*). Users will receive notifications when Earthquake Early Warning for local earthquakes of seismic intensity level 4 or greater, Tsunami Warning, Volcanic Warnings, Emergency Warnings , Heat illness Warnings, or Civil Protection Information are issued for the selected locations. Also, please make sure that the device which has not been changed a prediction point for more than 1 month from final change date of setting will not be able to receive notifications. If you turn automatic setting of a point on, you can receive notifications even in the case that it has been more than 1 month since you set a prediction point. (*) It is necessary to activate the Location Information Service (GPS), if you wish to set locations by using GPS. GPS is also used to display your current location on the map. -Earthquakes Information on past earthquakes. A maximum of ten records (seismic intensity level of 3 or higher.) -Weather Warnings Weather Warnings (heavy rain, flood, violent wind, severe snowstorm, heavy snow, high seas, storm surge) and Emergency Warnings (heavy rain, violent wind, severe snowstorm, heavy snow, high seas, storm surge) issued for the selected locations. -Volcanic Warnings Currently issued Volcanic Warnings. -Heat illness Warnings Currently issued Heat illness Warnings. -Medical Institutions List of medical facilities accepting foreigners (Provided by the Japan Tourism Agency.) -Evacuation advice / instruction etc. Provides Evacuation advice / instruction information. Also provides Shelter Information. (Link to external application.) ※Please note that information of municipalities using "L alert" will be displayed. -Learning Materials Knowledge you want to know before a disaster occurs. -Communication cards A set of question sentences that can be used when asking questions to people around you during a disaster. -Emergency Contacts Numbers to call in case of emergency. -Links Links to other sources of information that may be necessary during disaster situations (contact information of embassy, nearest tourist information centers, etc.), and other information concerning disasters and tourism. - Civil Protection Information Safety tips delivers information regarding ballistic missile attacks among civil protection information from Fire and Disaster Management Agency. While the application and various types of information are free, communication charges related to download and use of Application shall be borne by the user. We will not be liable for any losses and/or damages resulting from the use of the Application. For support site of Safety tips, see here -> http://www.rcsc.co.jp/safetytips-sp

Earthquake Network is the most comprehensive app on earthquakes and for most world countries it is the only earthquake early warning system for receiving real time alerts. Earthquake Network gives you: - Real time alerts if you live close to the epicentre - Alerts seconds in advances if you live far from the epicentre - Real time user reports on felt earthquakes - Free earthquake data from 21 seismic networks including U.S., Puerto Rico, India, Indonesia, Turkey, Mexico, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, China, New Zeland, Japan, Italy, Croatia, Spain and Greece The Earthquake Network research project (https://www.sismo.app) aims at developing a smartphone-based earthquake early warning system able to detect earthquakes in real time and to alert the population in advance. Smartphones are able to detect earthquakes thanks to the accelerometer on-board each device. When an earthquake is detected, users with the application installed are immediatly alerted. Since earthquake waves travel at around 5 km/s it is possible to alert the population not yet reached by the damaging waves of the earthquake. For the scientific details about the project please refer to the scientific paper on Frontiers at https://bit.ly/2C8B5HI Subscriptions: When an earthquake is detected in real time by smartphones near the epicenter, the server sends an alert to all users with the app. Alerting all users can take up to 10 seconds since it is not technically feasible to do so instantly. Now you can join the priority lists of the first 10,000 or 100,000 people alerted in real time. The following subscriptions are available: - Subscription 10k for 1 year - Subscription 10k for 1 month - Subscription 100k for 1 year - Subscription 100k for 1 month • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Privacy: https://www.sismo.app/privacy Terms and conditions: https://www.sismo.app/terms-conditions