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Indonesia Tests Mosque Speakers for Quake Alerts

Five-year trial uses prayer call loudspeakers to warn remote areas

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Indonesia Tests Mosque Speakers for Quake Alerts

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Indonesia is testing mosque loudspeakers as earthquake warning alarms in a five-year trial running until 2030, aiming to reach remote communities. A 2009 Sumatra quake killed at least 1,000 people.

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Indonesiaearthquake early warningmosque loudspeakersdisaster preparednessJapan

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