How Phones Alerted Millions Before Quakes Shook Venezuela

New York Times Saturday 27th June 2026, 5:35AM 1 min read 1 day ago

Millions of people in Venezuela and surrounding countries received early warning alerts to their phones up to two minutes before back-to-back earthquakes on Wednesday.

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