An earthquake alert app developed by high school students has gone viral

Taipei, April 24 (CNA) An earthquake alert app developed by a Taiwanese high school student went viral after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Hualien County on April 3.

Taiwan Earthquake Alert, launched by independent developer Lin Tzu-yu (林子祐) last summer, has been downloaded 320,000 times so far to top the list of free apps for Apple iOS.

The app features an early warning service for the Taipei, Hsinchu, Taichung, Chiayi, Tainan, Yilan, Kaohsiung and Hualien areas, notifying users of earthquakes seconds to tens of seconds before they are felt.

Additionally, users can customize the app to set the location and seismic intensity level at which they want to be warned.

There have been complaints in Taiwan about the government's current earthquake warning system, with many people not receiving alerts on their mobile phones when the 7.2-magnitude quake struck.

The Central Meteorological Administration (CWA) explained that the nationwide warning is only issued for earthquakes with a magnitude greater than five.

She added that the earthquake intensity, which measures the actual impact of a seismic event, also needs to reach 4 on Taiwan's 7-level scale to send an earthquake message.

During an interview with local media on Wednesday, Lin said his role as a private developer could complement the government, which often prioritizes caution.

Lin, who spent 18 months developing the software, said he had long wanted to create an earthquake warning after experiencing a large earthquake as a child.

Lin said the biggest challenge was his lack of knowledge of mobile application programming languages, but he started from scratch and learned through an educational series on YouTube.

Lin said that for any difficulties he encountered, he turned to Google or developer forums for answers.

Lin said he never dreamed that the app would be so popular and “didn't expect that without the guidance of teachers one could make such a great contribution to society.”

While the original seismic data is still sourced from CWA, Lin said he hopes to cooperate with the government in the future to improve data transmission speed and expand use to a wider range of regions.

(By Hsu Chi-wei and Li Hsien-yin)

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