Earthquake! Xiaomi phones to track quakes, alert you in emergency; check what’s coming

Xiaomi has patented a new technology for mobile devices that could allow them to identify one of the most common natural disasters, an earthquake, according to a new report. The technology is related to the monitoring of seismic activity with smartphone equipment and could reportedly help users detect an earthquake through their phones. The technology could complement Xiaomi’s existing earthquake warning system on MIUI which we reported had successfully warned about 35 earthquakes (magnitude 4.0 and higher) in China as of May 2021.

Earthquakes are the third most frequently occurring disaster, according to the UN, with 8 percent of natural disasters between 1995 and 2015. This puts it behind floods and storms with 43 percent and 28 percent respectively.