China Launches National Earthquake Early Warning WeChat Mini-Program for Public Test

TapTechNews August 2nd news, the official public account of the China Earthquake Networks Center announced today that the national earthquake early warning WeChat mini-program China Earthquake Networks Center jointly launched by the China Earthquake Networks Center, the National Emergency Broadcasting of the Central Radio and Television Station and Tencent has been launched for service and publicly tested for the public. National WeChat users can start the earthquake early warning service by searching for the mini-program.

TapTechNews attaches the usage method of this mini-program as follows:

Search for the China Earthquake Networks Center mini-program in WeChat.

Click Start Earthquake Early Warning.

Click to allow Earthquake Early Warning Notification and Get Location, and then successfully add the concerned place and start the earthquake early warning.

The official said that during the public test period, the release strategy is to release for the national key areas with a warning magnitude M≥4.0. When the estimated intensity of the concerned place is less than 2 degrees, the early warning information only shows on the homepage of the mini-program and does not remind the user. When the estimated intensity of the user's concerned place is ≥2 degrees, receive real-time early warning information reminder through Service Notification. When the estimated intensity of the concerned place is ≥5 degrees, even if the phone is in the screen-off state, it will still forcefully issue an alarm sound.