Tremor ALERT: Uttarakhand gets India's first 'earthquake early warning' mobile app - in Pics

The country's first earthquake early warning mobile application, 'Uttarakhand Bhookamp Alert', developed by IIT Roorkee was launched on Wednesday (August 4). U'khand becomes the first state in the country to avail the facility of such an app.

Launching the lifeguarding mobile app at the secretariat at Dehradun, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said considering Uttarakhand's vulnerability to earthquakes, people should be informed about the availability of a mobile application like this.

The application is available in two versions, compatible with both Android and iOS platforms. The project was sponsored by the Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority (USDMA).

Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) is a real-time earthquake information system that can detect the onset of the earthquake and issue warnings before the significant tremors take hold of an area, according to a press release by IIT Roorkee.

"I take immense pride in sharing that IIT-R has designed an Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) mobile app, for timely dissemination of information regarding an earthquake occurrence in the neighbourhood and the expected time of arrival and intensity at the location to prevent any loss of life," IIT Roorkee director Ajit K Chaturvedi said. (Pic: Reuters, representational purpose)