SkyAlert: Alerta Sísmica MX

There are a lot of spammy notifications (a lot urging me to upgrade, even though i have) despite having them all turned off. Besides that, it works well except for one incident last year but that was because cdmx was the epicenter and even the sirens started later than usual. Please please please, get the useless notifications under control. There's literally only one time I need a notification - when an earthquake is about to happen.

I have the gold version (paid subscription starting a few years ago). Last year it warned me of a decent quake in time to respond appropriately. This year I haven’t gotten any of the notifications in September until perhaps 10 or 15 minutes after the fact, in spite of opening the app daily since before the drill on the 19th and having decent cell signal. (I’ve been in Mexico City area for all the above events.) Wonderful idea, but not much good when I wake up to a quake that’s practically over at 1:20 in the morning, and no notifications when I go back to bed at 3:00. Oh, by the way, I did get a notification… the next morning.

This app used to work better. The current version sometimes doesn’t send notifications. Thankfully we have the public alarm system in Mexico. Also, an annoying glitch in this version means that in “Do Not Disturb” mode, if you choose to receive notifications, you receive ALL notifications, even for quakes that are relatively distant and at 4.5 on the Richter scale - in other words, these smaller quakes don’t wake you, but the app does. The app used to allow you to choose the level at which you would be notified. I would be much more satisfied with the app if that setting were restored. That would allow me to be awoken when a larger quake occurs, but not for more minor temblors that we don’t feel.