Google acknowledged that they failed to give 10 million Turkey earthquake warning

Google has failed its earthquake initial warning system to accurately alert people in the deadly earthquake of 2023.

Google’s highest level warning can be sent to ten million people within the miles of the center – warning for 35 seconds to find security.

Instead, only 469 “take action” warning was sent for the first 7.8 earthquake.

Google told the BBC that half a million people were sent for low level warning, which was designed for “light shaking” and does not alert users in the same way.

Tech monsters had earlier told the BBC that the system “did well”.

The system works on the Android device, which makes more than 70% of the phones in Turkey.

February on February 223, more than 55,000 people were killed when two major earthquakes were injured by two major earthquakes on southeast Turkey. When hitting the bones, many people were asleep in the buildings that collapsed around them.

Google’s initial warning system was awakened and lived on the earthquake day – however reduced how strong the earthquake was.

“We keep improving the system based on what we learns in each earthquake,” a Google spokesman said.

The Google system called Android Earthquake Alert (AEA) is shaking from a large number of mobile phones using the Android operating system.

Since the earthquake moves relatively slowly to the earth, the warning can be sent later.

Google’s most serious warning is called “Tech Activity”, which sets a big alarm on the user’s phone – override A disturbing setting – and covers their screen.

It is a warning that when human life can be threatened, people will be sent to strong tremors.

The AEA also has a very serious “awareness” warning, which is also a potentially pale shaking to users.

The hint of tech action process in Turkey was especially important due to a catastrophic tremor Cast, and because many users were asleep at 04:17 at 04:17. Only the more serious alert them would have been awakened.

In the months after the earthquake, the users who were warned to the BBC wanted to talk to – initially the purpose of showing the effectiveness of the technology.

But in a few months, we did not find anyone who had received more serious actions before the earthquake, even though the earthquakes were talking to the cities and cities in the zone affected by the earthquake. We published our conclusions at the end of that year.

Stating “Limit of Search Algorithm”, Google researchers have written details of what went wrong with the science journal.

For the first earthquake, the system was actually 7.8 trembled at the intensity scale (MMS) at 4.5 and 4.9.

The second major earthquake after that day was also reduced, at which time the system sent alertness of the action on 8,158 phones and gave only 4 million users a vigilant alert.

After the earthquake, Google’s researchers changed the algorithm and recreated the earthquake first.

At this time, this system has caused action for those with the highest risk of 10 million people – and the Those Those may be alert to stay away from another 67 million assignments.

“Each earthquake early warning system hits the same challenge with the same challenge – algorithm tuning for the events of greater spacious,” Google told the BBC.

But Elizabeth Reddy, Assistant Professor of Colorado School of Mines, says it has been more than two years to get this information.

“I really disappointed that I took so long,” she said

“We don’t talk about a small event – people died – and we did not see the performance of this warning.”

Google says this system is complementary and is not replaced by national systems.

However, some scientists care that country is more trusting in technology that has not been fully tested.

Harold Tobin, director of the Pacific Northwest Earthquake network, told the BBC, “I think it is very transparent about how well it works.”

“Some places calculate that Google is doing, so we don’t have to do so?”

Google researchers say that after the event analysis has improved the system better – and AEA has brought to the countries countries countries.

The BBC has asked Google how the AEA had done during the 2025 earthquake in Myanmar, but he has not received a response yet.