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ShakeAlert is a brand new public

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safety system essentially that provides
 a little bit of earthquake early warning.

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So when an earthquake has begun,
 the ShakeAlert system can detect it

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so quickly that we can actually get
 a warning to most people before

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the shaking even gets to them
 from where the earthquake started.

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Yeah, we literally have hundreds
 of sensors around the state of Washington.

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There are a bunch right here in Seattle. 

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In fact, there's one in Seattle Center
 right next to the Space Needle.

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We have them sprinkled all over our area,
 usually just a few miles apart,

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so that we can really detect
 any earthquake on multiple stations

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as soon as it begins. 

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In order to receive ShakeAlert

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alerts on your phone, you don't have
 to download an app at all, actually.

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They're delivered
 in two mechanisms right now.

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One is via an alert system
 that's like amber alerts.

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They just happen on your phone. 

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The second is that
 for the Android phone systems,

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there's actually it's built
 into the operating system of the phones.

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Both of those are active unless you have
 dis activated them on your phone.

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So if ShakeAlert detects an earthquake,
 your phone will buzz and light up

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just like with an amber alert
 or something like that. 

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You open it up, then
 you will likely to see on your screen

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would say earthquake
 detected, drop cover and hold on.

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That means, shaking is expected maybe
 in a few seconds or 30 seconds or more.

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So people might think, 

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you know, just a few seconds of advance
 warning doesn't do very much for them,

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but it gives you that chance to stop
 and mentally prepare: "Oh,

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what am I supposed to do
 in an earthquake?" 

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Rather than just freeze up
 when you feel it. 

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So drop, cover and hold on. 

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Get under something sturdy that might
 prevent things from falling on you.

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For all of us, you know, earthquakes
 may well happen.

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We live in earthquake country 

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and the trick is to be prepared
 so that we get through them okay.