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MyShake App User Positive Comments 2024
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✓ Worked as intended today!Most of the time I’ll just get alerts for earthquakes around the world. Other times about earthquakes nearby with a unique sound. But today I got an alert I have never heard before followed by the words “earthquake, earthquake”. Then maybe like 3 seconds later we get hit from an earthquake in Ojai which is about 40 miles away. I can see how this would come in handy during the big one..Version: 3.1.12
✓ Finally..Living in Mexico city we had something like this for a while . But now I live in Los Angeles California and I don't know how people in the US are gonna react when they get the warning a strong earthquake is coming because people In Mexico are already use to getting them alerts that say "Strong earthquake is coming " since they have so many strong earthquakes and an early warning on their phone and they had them for a while . So since this is gonna be new to people in the US who knows how they gonna react ! Also I think we need the Alarm. I know that they have them were they have tornadoes in the US .But in Mexico city when u get the notification on your phone the Air raid siren also goes on really loud all over the city the first time I had no idea what was happening I tought a war was happening when I heard the alarm all over the city till I saw everyone running outside and they were screaming earthquake and sure enough 30 seconds later BAM strong earthquake hit . They should have those in California not only in places were they have tornadoes so people can have time to go hide ! I saw it helps they had about 30 seconds to get outside ..Version: 3.0.102
✓ Great! Improved!I’m so happy that they can prove this and updated it it it can really save lives. Just got a warning about the earthquake in Ventura. California is about an hour drive from here but still I felt a little bit here where I’m living in Huntington Beach!! and just the morning was So amazing! So necessary if you live in California especially! thank you thank you thank you!! Please keep up the good work!.Version: 3.1.12
✓ App freezes upSame issue as precious reviewer - try to fill out a report but app constantly freezes up. Have done several forced app shutdowns and retried to enter info, same result - can't file a report. Other than that, it looks like it is simple to use and has a nice look to it UPDATE: I upped my rating as I'm now able to make reports without issues after the app update. Very easy to use app. Would like to see if you can get alerts for certain areas only; as another person indicated, you get alerts for quakes all around the world. But this isn't affecting my rating since the purpose of the app is being accomplished :).Version: 3.0.105
✓ Early alert works!Today I was hanging out with the family watching movies as hurricane Hillary was passing by OC with heavy rain and winds, when all of a sudden I got an alert in my apple watch from an app I’ve never heard/seen before, so it caught my attention right away and it was something like “brace yourself, earthquake with Ventura epicenter” type of alert, and as I was telling my fam about it we then started to feel the ground moving! That was an amazing to experience, having a heads up could make a big difference in the outcome of an earthquake. Thank you!.Version: 3.1.12
✓ Recent update drains batteryHello there! I really like the idea of this app and appreciate its potential. The UI is great all around but I have some comments on the most recent update. This app uses your phone’s location A LOT if you set location sharing to “always” as the app recommends. I’m talking about 21+ hours of the last 24 hours of background use while my phone has been in exactly one location. Is this really necessary? Also clicking on the help button in settings causes the app the immediately crash which is why I’m reporting this bug through an app review..Version: 3.0.136
✓ Easy to useEasy to change parameters for alerts. Reasonably good UI. We weren’t disturbed by an error alert in the middle of the night because we don’t keep our phones in our bedroom. Better than several of the alternatives in the App Store. Experienced an short earthquake today and the app alerted within a second of feeling the jolt. Of course it would be better to get the alert a few seconds before..Version: 3.1.12
✓ Does everything I want and needMake sure to always report if you felt an EQ! I use this app to see current and past EQs across the world mostly but it has warned me of multiple EQs in my area seconds before they hit. Seconds can make all the difference in natural disasters! I also love that it runs tests. It makes you go over your steps and plans for what to do when there’s an EQ. So important! I get everything I want out of this app..Version: 3.1.12
✓ Works fortunatelyThe app seems to work good, maybe a little too well. Todays earthquake near Sacramento triggered an alert (despite me being over 50 miles away), the quake was reported as a 5.7 but was later revised to be a 4.1 (HUGE difference between the two.) The alert did work, didn’t feel anything but better safe than sorry I guess….Version: 3.1.12
✓ Works fine…butI think that some of my issues are with how I’ve set up my home location and when I want to be notified. Last night we had a 6.4 quake about 300 miles to our north. The app woke me up out of a dead sleep so that part works just fine, but 300 miles away is a bit too far away for me to take cover etc. I’ve finally adjusted some settings so I’ll see how this work out. This is a great concept but maybe some more detailed instructions for many people that need that..Version: 3.1.10
✓ Worked perfectly yesterday!I recently downloaded this app when prepping an earthquake kit. Yesterday was tropical storm Hilary in SoCal and this app notified me a good 10 seconds before the earthquake hit and gave me enough time to get to safety and text a friend before I felt it. I received the “amber alert” on my phone from the city basically as the earthquake hit. This app gave me valuable time, and much sooner than the city/state was able to..Version: 3.1.12
✓ This app really does workI installed My Shake a little over a year ago. Approximately two weeks ago, a very loud voice stated “EARTHQUAKE”, then something to the effect of “TAKE COVER” (the exact words used after EARTHQUAKE escape me, but it was telling me, basically, to prepare). This jarring message repeated a few times. I immediately jumped to a safer place. Fortunately, the quake, in Tulare County, California, was far enough away that it didn’t do too much where I live. I must say though, that I am now a super fan of this app. The split second it takes to jump to a safer spot could make the difference between life and death, especially for us in California. Thank you, sincerely, to those who created and run My Shake!.Version: 3.0.120
✓ Wow! It works,for me at least.Been using this for awhile now. Trying to help report felt shaking, assuming that helps someone. Got a shock this morning when the alert for the 5.1 San Jose earthquake happened. Had a few seconds of warning. Just enough time to be alarmed as I read the alert info, that a 4.9 was about to hit. Then sat wondering if I would feel it, then felt the tiny shaking. Nice to see it working. Would be nice if the map opened zoomed into maybe a 50 mile radius of my location, instead of showing the Western Hemisphere..Version: 3.1.8
✓ Great app so far!People need to stop complaining. We are talking about an early warning system for the most populated state in the nation. It’s not going to be perfect and they’re going to have some things to work out. We should be grateful for what we have so far and use the app to help them make it better. If you think you can do better, then do it, otherwise stop being negative and be appreciative for the work that went into this. I live near Ridgecrest and this would have been very useful..Version: 3.0.105
✓ I felt like a prophet!I downloaded this app after the last earthquake in my area. 20 min ago I got a very clear alert with graphics “EARTHQUAKE WARNING: DROP! COVER! HOLD!” Had time to read it, hesitate (thinking “these don’t actually work, do they?”), then get out of bed and yell across the house to my kids BEFORE the chandelier started to SWING from the quake. The epicenter was a 5.5 and we are 60 miles away but I actually hesitated before reacting and still had that much time. Getting everyone in my family on this app and I will NOT hesitate to react next time!.Version: 3.1.12
✓ Very helpful but slowJust got this app today after there was an earthquake that was over 300km away and felt minor rattling(no damage) and wanted to get an app that would be helpful with learning more about it, right as it’s happening or minutes after it happened which I think is awesome. I’m excited to see where this app goes in the future with further updates. Only issue for me and others is that when I went to submit my report of the experience I had with the earthquake, zooming into the map to pin point the location, it was slow loading the cities and surrounding areas..Version: 3.0.120
✓ Mostly worksGot a notification and audible tone on my Apple Watch several seconds before the 4.5 earthquake in San Benito County today. It wasn't that strong by the time it travelled up to my location in Silicon Valley, but my coworkers were impressed and decided to download the app themselves. I say it "mostly works" because my watch just gave a generic alarm sound and I didn't know what it was at first. It took a few seconds for me to glance at my watch and process it. That's a few seconds when I could have been taking cover if it was the "Big One." My phone was on silent, but isn't there a way for an emergency alert like this to override it? The guy in the app that says "Earthquake!" and gives instructions would have been more helpful. I like this app overall! Just a suggestion from a human factors engineering standpoint..Version: 3.1.10
✓ Notification before it happenI really love this app. Since I installed it I have been notified of an earthquake like 5 times in the radius of 5O miles from me. I have been notified while driving, at work and while watching TV at home. I feel a little more in control when I hear “Earthquake, drop, cover and hold on. shaking expected”. At least I’m given the opportunity to react a few seconds before it happen. I hope we never have “the big one” but having this app makes me feel a little ahead even if it’s just seconds!.Version: 3.1.16
✓ Works well to give you a few extra seconds to prepareThe alarm sounded last night at 3am and really wakes you up immediately! We didn’t end up feeling the 6.4 in Ferndale but something so big only a few hours away makes me think this will at least give us a few seconds to prepare when we actually feel it..Version: 3.1.10
✓ It warned me in advance,There was an earthquake about 20 miles from where I live. I got a warning about a minute before I felt the quake. Admittedly, I'm far enough away that I just felt shaking. But it told me about it before I felt anything. I'm sure the tech is going to improve and look forward to seeing its evolution. I could also report my experience of the quake. You need to allow access to location, and you generally want to set it to only warn you of close earthquakes and not tell you about the ones thousands of miles away..Version: 3.0.136
✓ Switched to this app = better!Switched to this app from another earthquake app and this is better since it allows a home base to be set. Yes there is a sw bug that the app doesn’t seem to do anything after setting the home base, but if you go back through the settings the home base has indeed been set. Home base is essential to me since I run with location tracking off to save battery capacity. I run with a VPN so we’ll see if the app works with that. It would be great if there was a test mode that would allow a user to verify notification and trigger off any earthquake of any magnitude 3.5 or greater in California, Oregon or Washington. I would also like a notification of ANY deep earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone in case there are any precursor earthquakes providing early warning..Version: 3.1.8
✓ Good earthquake app, maybe some iOS 13 issuesI’ve been using the University’s excellent MyQuake app for years to study earthquakes both in CA and worldwide, so when I heard about this app and it planning to have alerts in CA (not yet available as of this review but expected in a day or two) I got it to prepare. Outside of that it’s a nice app that lets you track earthquakes by magnitude and report if you felt it, which brings up a possible issue-on my iPhone SE running the latest iOS (13.1.3), if I go to the page to report if I felt it or see similar options the app locks up and I have to force close to get out. Otherwise it works well and I plan to continue using the app but hopefully this can be fixed..Version: 3.0.102
✓ Very useful, highly recommended 👍It is very interesting to see the seismic activity around the world. I find the notifications and the world map useful. Using this application you get notified of earthquakes before they appear on CNN! The only thing it's really missing is support for iPad screen sizes and rotation. It currently only displays as an iPhone application on the iPad..Version: 3.0.166
✓ It worked!We just experienced an earthquake in Eureka, California. The warning came about 4 seconds before the shaking started. It was enough time to take cover. Recommending to all, I just wish the warning was a bit louder but this app worked as designed. A++ two thumbs up. EDIT: December 20, 2021 M6.2 Cape Mendocino quake - app worked flawlessly again. I was in a restaurant in Eureka with maybe 25 customers in it. My phone is the only one that went off before the quake. MyShake gave 4 or 5 seconds advance warning. Other customer’s phone alerts went off after the shaking had already started..Version: 3.0.198
✓ Worked 15-20sec before news alertSo today in Los Angeles we had our 1st hurricane (or less) in a century. So I expected so see a weather alert… nope, it was a alert that & actually spoke that said something to the effect of “earthquake detected, seek shelter.” So I did, but felt nothing. About 20 seconds as I was watching the news, they interrupted their story & said reported a earthquake alert. I got the alert (it seems) before they did. Then the newscaster reported that some lights in the studio were shaking. So even though I personally did not feel it, people I know did & I am grateful that I got the earthquake warning. This app gave me time to seek shelter. I highly recommend this app for anyone who lives in earthquake areas, and wants to be safe. Thank you..Version: 3.1.12
✓ Works greatI live in San Francisco so I have this app for obvious reasons. It’s worked great for my wife and I. Since the most recent quakes have been further away from us, we’ve received the warning about 20-30 seconds before we feel the quake. That’s given us enough time to get under the dining room table and wait it out. This is definitely worth the download!.Version: 3.1.8
✓ Potential to Become a Main Stay App in Cal; but needs workGreat app, though true value will be tested when an early warning event occurs, so need a negative to prove a positive. That alone will earn 5 stars. But for the parts that can be tested now--could use the ability to customize notifications? I don't really need alert notifications for earthquakes 3000 miles away. But Global is the only option? I would love to be able to limit within 250 miles? Or California? But again--the point is early notification. And if it works for those areas far enough away from the epicenter, no more work be done on this app now matter what my or other comments say..Version: 3.0.105
✓ Worked as intendedThe app actually worked. I had forgotten that I installed the app. Tonight it sent me notification that there is an earthquake. Less than a minute later there was actually an earthquake. It sent another warning a few minutes later and about a minute after there was an after shock. Although 45-60 seconds doesn’t seem like much time but it provided enough information to quickly decide if I need to take cover or not..Version: 3.1.16
✓ AWESOME APP!!!I Love how you can see earthquakes around the world, it gives you GLOBAL view, but...I live in California, woke up this morning to a bunch of earthquakes in the Middle East. Can this be changed in the settings to narrow the view to just CA? Please help, otherwise GREAT APP and I look forward to those “seconds” warning to if and when the “BIG ONE” (earthquake) strikes. And Lastly, when I go to notifications and want to edit the location, “GLOBAL” does not highlight or edit, I’m ONLY able to toggle around the itself meter, that’s all. I would like to see under CA..Version: 3.0.102
✓ App crashesI’ve been trying to use the app since it was published but when I go to set my “Home-base Location” the app just crashes. It closes completely and doesn’t save my location. It’s been months since I tried to set it up the first time and I just stopped using it thinking it would probably get fixed but it’s still happening so if nobody’s reported this issue then FYI, it’s happening 😊.Version: 3.1.10
✓ This app works!I was sitting in my living room last night when a loud audio warning came from my phone which something like “Earthquake. Duck cover and hold”. I had never heard that before so I was a bit shocked and didn’t move. But about 15 seconds later, the 4.4 Carson area earthquake hit and I felt the rocking. Congratulations. I was in the Northridge earthquake. This could really save lives..Version: 3.0.196
✓ It works!!Just had an earthquake shake 2 hours away (drive time but could’ve easily felt it) and it was around a 5.0 and the app alerted me - it was pretty fantastic as I was standing in Target near glassware and I was able to get to another softer aisle! Be aware that the voice is loud (handy) and very surprising - now that I’ve heard it, I’ll realize it’s not a joke or someone else’s phone next time....Version: 3.0.194
✓ Dont misuse this appI don’t think users should be receiving any type of notification other than a real actual earthquake alert. It’s irritating getting an alert only for it to be a reminder for an earthquake drill. Give users the option to opt out of this type of notification or stop doing it, it’s like crying wolf. This app is suppose to give users a few extra seconds to take cover, so I think by sending out these messages it waters down how people will react when they get notified. Just my opinion..Version: 3.1.12
✓ Phenomenal!I was, unfortunately, at the epicenter of yesterday’s 4.5 earthquake. I want to take this opportunity to thank the creators of this app. I could swear my phone warned me before the actual earthquake hit, at least that’s how it felt like. The app told me to seek shelter and so I knew it was an actual earthquake going on, the app snapped me of the initial shock and I got me and my kids ready to exit the building. A lot of my neighbors didn’t know what was happening. I advised them all to get the app..Version: 3.1.16
✓ This app warmed me 5-10 sec before an earthquake hitWhen I received a warning message from this app telling me that an earthquake was about to happen and that i should take cover, i didn’t believe it… seconds later i felt the earthquake! This app warned me before the earthquake happened! Not only that but it also gave me instant information about the magnitude and location of the earthquake!.Version: 3.1.8
✓ Works for meEveryone in here complaining about little bugs as if they never experienced something like that in another app. This is a free earthquake warning app that could potentially save your life, stop complaining and grow up. I just downloaded the app and had no issues with using it, but it’s an early warning app not a game, so whatever people are complaining about is pointless because the main function of the app is to send you a push notification. One thing I did really like is how I can look at the seismograph of past earthquakes to see the pattern of shaking. I was six during the ‘89 quake and still remember how the shaking felt like it was yesterday. Any kind of advance warning will be helpful..Version: 3.0.105
✓ Great app!I downloaded this app on a whim hoping to never have to use it. Living in California it’s just a good idea to be prepared. Fast forward to last night, there was an earthquake and my phone let us know before we felt a small amount of shaking (it was a 4.9 pretty far away, this time). The alert was LOUD and said EARTHQUAKE and mentioned ducking for cover/find a safe place. It freaked me out but hearing this announcement but I was so happy to have the alert!! The My Shake app notified us before the news, etc. I recommend this app to everyone..Version: 3.0.194
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