ShakeAlert

The earthquake early warning system that operates on the west coast got a big upgrade recently. ShakeAlert is now using satellite technology to detect seismic activity.

A 4.4 magnitude earthquake shook parts of western Oregon Friday morning. While people reported feeling it across much of the Willamette Valley, it wasn’t strong enough to trigger cell phone alerts.

The legislature approved $7.5 million to fund Oregon’s ShakeAlert system during their one-day special session Monday. The earthquake early warning system…

The U.S. Geological Survey is giving more money to the University of Oregon to fund its work on an early earthquake warning system for the west coast.UO…

President Trump’s proposed budget would cut funding for an earthquake early warning system along the west coast. The cut would effectively kill the…

Oregon Governor Kate Brown has approved $670-thousand for a Eugene utility to purchase sensors for an earthquake early warning system called Shake-Alert.…

The Federal government has allocated $3.7 million for an earthquake early warning system for the west coast. The U-S Geological Survey awarded additional…