# Earthquake in San Jose - 5.1 (10/25/22) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 25, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771 "2022-10-25T18:59:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771/21 "2022-12-21T05:42:03Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Would be nice if it had given an estimation for the travel time. At any rate, good to see the alerts in action. Or if it could be configured reasonably for distance. Pretty sure no one here in Sacramento felt it, but we got the alert. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771/22 "2022-12-21T05:48:03Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > my phone did give me the alert seconds after it happened How so I sign up for those? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771/23 "2022-12-21T06:15:45Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > How so I sign up for those? Didn’t sign up for anything. I have an Android phone and the alerts just came by themselves. Seems like an OS thing since there was no special app. Might require a recent Android version. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771/24 "2022-12-21T06:23:41Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Didn’t sign up for anything. I have an Android phone and the alerts just came by themselves Aha, thanks. Sadly I creak under the hegemony of Big Fruit. Though I see there are free earthquake trackers in the app store, maybe I’ll play with some when I’m home from SE Asia in tomorrow. Though I don’t know how you’d evaluate an earthquake tracker without some quakes. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771/25 "2022-12-21T06:25:20Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Though I don’t know how you’d evaluate an earthquake tracker without some quakes. xkcd anticipated this exact issue: [![](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/tornadoguard.png) ](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/tornadoguard.png) ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771/26 "2022-12-21T06:47:13Z")
ISTR the alert I got came from Google, if that helps. (digs into phone settings) I’m on a Samsung phone running Android 12. Under Settings, there’s a menu for Safety and emergency. In that menu, there’s an item for earthquake alerts (it’s a slide toggle). It says it gets its info from ShakeAlert. I also saw on Instagram today an ad for an app called MyShake. Googling says that the MyShake app does exist for iOS, while one can also sign up for alerts via USGS/FEMA. There’s also another app for both OSes, ShakeAlertUSA. [https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-do-i-sign-shakealertr-earthquake-early-warning-system](https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-do-i-sign-shakealertr-earthquake-early-warning-system) ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771/27 "2022-12-21T20:49:27Z")
> [@"Seanette](#): > > Or if it could be configured reasonably for distance. Pretty sure no one here in Sacramento felt it, but we got the alert. Yeah, the MyShake app woke me up at 2:34am, but I didn’t feel any shaking in the Sacramento area. I needed to get up at 3:00 because I had an early flight, but it was still annoying. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-san-jose-5-1-10-25-22/973771.md?page=1)