Seattle Now: Your phone will buzz before our next big earthquake

The ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system goes live statewide today. It will give you a heads up before the shaking starts and could mean valuable seconds to act in our next quake. We hear about how it works from Bill Steele, seismologist with the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network.

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