An earthquake struck California’s Bay Area early Thursday, April 2, at around 1:41 a.m. local time.
It was “the most significant earthquake in terms of magnitude and the number of people alerted since April of last year,” according to Suresh Raman, MyShake lead at the UC Berkeley Seismology Lab.
Raman explains in the video above how the MyShake alert system notified users, including himself, about the earthquake. MyShake is a free application developed by the UC Berkeley Seismology Lab that provides early earthquake warnings, safety tips, and interactive maps to users in California, Oregon, and Washington…