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Application
Using emergency early warning mail
The emergency early warning mail is a service that
distributes emergency earthquake information or disaster
evacuation information to all au cell phones in specified
areas simultaneously.
※ Distribution of "disaster evacuation information" as part
of emergency early warning mail will start in the spring
of 2012 at the earliest. Detailed information will be
announced on au homepage. The "受信設定 (Receive
setting)" for emergency early warning mail is set to "受信
する (Receive)" at the time of purchase.
au災害対策 (au Disaster Countermeasure)
menu → [緊急速報メール (emergency early
warning mail)]
Mail inbox appears.
Select a mail you want to check → Check
details
◎ A dedicated warning tone sounds if an emergency early warning
mail is received. The warning tone cannot be changed.
◎ Emergency earthquake information is sent to areas where
strong quakes (a seismic intensity of a 4 or greater) are
estimated when an earthquake with a seismic intensity of a
lower 5 or greater is predicted.
◎ Immediately after an earthquake occurs, quakes (P waves and
initial tremors) near the epicenter are detected and position,
scale, and expected strength are automatically calculated and
notification is sent as soon as possible within a few seconds to
tens of seconds before the strong quakes (S waves and major
tremors) caused by the earthquake start.
◎ Emergency earthquake information may not arrive before strong
tremors in areas near the epicenter.
◎ Disaster evacuation information is a service that distributes
bulletins concerning residents' safety including evacuation
advisories, evacuation orders and other warnings issued by the
national and local governments.
◎ This service is available only in Japan (it cannot be used overseas).
◎ There is not content or transmission charge for emergency early
warning mail.
◎ KDDI is not liable for damages suffered by customers resulting
from the service's information, lack or delay in the information
caused by transmission or system breakdowns, or other events
that are outside the responsibility of KDDI.
◎ Refer to the Japan Meteorological Agency web page for details
about distribution of emergency earthquake information.
http://www.jma.go.jp/
(for computers)
◎ Emergency early warning mail cannot be received during a call.
Also, it may not be able to be received while sending/receiving
mail or browsing the web.
◎ You cannot or may not be able to receive emergency early
warning mail when your cell phone is turned off, or if you are in a
place where signal does not reach even in the service area (e.g.
in a tunnel, basement) or in a place with a poor reception.
◎ In such case, the same warning mail cannot be received later
again.
◎ Since emergency early warning mail uses a different delivery
system, the reception time of emergency early warning mail may
not coincide with the same emergency warnings broadcasted
through TV, radio or other media.
◎ Information from someplace other than your current location
may be received.
