Innovation: How your phone can tell if an earthquake’s coming

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Eventually, Allen says, Myshake data could be used to better understand how earthquakes work and help construct sturdier buildings. Thomas Heaton, a professor of engineering seismology at California Institute of Technology, says the app will need a constant stream of user data. “But once we can pull that off,” he says, “it’s revolutionary.” ——Olga Kharif