The actual reports of a number of Quake AlarmT activation records of different earthquakes in California:

Event #1
Date: January 17, 1994 Time: 4:30 a.m. local Location: Northridge, California
Magnitude: 6.7
Location of Quake AlarmT : Fontana, California
Report: The observer was awakened by the Quake AlarmT and then the quake was felt. The quake continued for approximately ten seconds and then increased in strength for many more seconds. The distance from the earthquake center to the Quake AlarmT was seventy miles.

Event #2
Date: February 19, 1995 Time: 4:03 GMT Location: Ten miles west of Crescent City, California
Magnitude: 6.6
Location of Quake AlarmT Felton, California (five miles north of Santa Cruz)
Report: The observers did not actually feel the earthquake, but the Quake AlarmT did detect this event. The distance from the earthquake center to the Quake AlarmT was 350 miles.

Event #3
Date: January 7, 1996 Time: 6:32 p.m. local Location: Ten miles northwest of Ridgecrest, California
Magnitude: 5.2
Location of Quake AlarmT :Fontana, California
Report: The observer did not feel any ground movement. The Quake AlarmT chimed for about twenty seconds. The distance from the earthquake center to the Quake AlarmT was 120 miles.

Event #4
Date: March 19, 1996 Time: 11:37 p.m. local Location: Northridge, California
Magnitude: 4.1 (Aftershock to the Event #1 earthquake)
Location of Quake AlarmT :Sunland, California and Fontana, California
Report: The observer in Sunland reported that the Quake AlarmT chimed and that a moderate earthquake was felt. The observers in Fontana reported that the Quake AlarmT awakened them, but no earthquake was felt. The distance from the earthquake center to the Quake AlarmT in Sunland was twenty miles. The distance from the earthquake center to the Quake AlarmT in Fontana was seventy miles.

Event #5
Date: May 21, 1996 Time: 1:50 p.m. local Location: Ten miles east of San Jose, California
Magnitude: 4.7
Location of Quake AlarmT :Felton, California (five miles north of Santa Cruz)
Report: The observer reported that the Quake AlarmT sounded its alarm several seconds before the earthquake was felt. The distance from the earthquake center to the Quake AlarmT was thirty-two miles.

Event #6
Date: October 16, 1999 Time: 2:46 a.m. local Location: Thirty-two miles north of Joshua Tree, California
Magnitude: 7.1
Location of Quake AlarmT:Fontana, California
Report: The observers were awakened by the sound of the Quake AlarmT. They both reported that it was a few seconds before they noticed any movement and that the movement was very slight. Within a few seconds the shaking increased and after about ten seconds an abrupt change in intensity occurred which felt about two to three times more powerful. The Quake AlarmT continued to chime throughout the duration of the earthquake. The distance from the earthquake center to the Quake AlarmT was eighty-nine miles.

Event #7
Date: January 11, 2000 Time: 6:19 a.m. Location: Seven miles southeast of Cloverdale, California
Magnitude: 4.3
Location of Quake AlarmT: San Francisco, California (first floor apartment)
Report: The observers were awakened by their Quake AlarmT. The earthquake was not felt. The distance from the earthquake center to the Quake AlarmT was approximately 100 miles.

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