Application warn of earthquakes and tsunami

Scientists have developed a new application can warn phone users from the earthquakes and tsunami known as the "tsunami".
According to news agency "Reuters", Sunday, a new application called "My imminent," the idea is to develop acceleration, which can collect an enormous amount of information about any changes occur in the vicinity of the user scale.
The importance of the application in that when the earthquake or tsunami is located, become each passing second importance. This was the case five years ago when an earthquake caused strongly nine degrees in the occurrence of widespread destruction in Japan.
Although the seismic network began issuing early warnings, marine waves have killed about 16 thousand people, and caused losses valued at $ 300 billion.
Said Richard Allen Laboratory Seismology at the University of California director: "The idea is if we can take advantage of the accelerometer devices in these smart phones, thus we can collect huge amounts of data, and this could really revolutionize the way we understand earthquakes and their effects."
Allen explained that the accelerometer, after collecting information, sends warnings to a central server when recording seismic activity.
He added that the accelerometer in cell phones do not have the same sensitivity of conventional devices, but they are compensated through real-time data it provides, which means to allow more time for a warning.