Julian quake felt on campus; drop, cover, hold; remain open

To check this alert, SuperGrok Heavy 4.5 (an AI) read it in full 25 separate times, independently. Each read decided whether the message answers each of the six questions and gave a short reason. A final reviewer then weighed all 25 and wrote the plain-English verdict you see when you open a row. The score (for example 22/25) is how many reads agreed; the 25 individual reads are tucked underneath if you want to check them.

• Sourcepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All 25 passes treat the opening SDSU Alert tag as a branded sender.

  Who is sending the alert and who is responding. People act faster on a message from a clearly identifiable, credible sender, such as a named department, the police, or a branded alert system, than on an anonymous notice. A branded signature counts.

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  1. present: Opens with the branded tag SDSU Alert, which names the sender.
  2. present: The lead phrase SDSU Alert identifies the issuing alert system.
  3. present: Source is present because the product is signed SDSU Alert.
  4. present: A university branded signature sits at the start of the SMS.
  5. present: SDSU Alert is a sender tag, so the authority is identified.
  6. present: The message names its own system, SDSU Alert, as the source.
  7. present: Branded lead-in SDSU Alert counts as a source attribution.
  8. present: Readers can see who sent it from the SDSU Alert prefix.
  9. present: The alert system name is printed before the colon, marking the sender.
  10. present: Source is satisfied by the opening SDSU Alert label.
  11. present: The first tokens are a named campus alert brand.
  12. present: SDSU Alert functions as the signature block for this SMS.
  13. present: Issuing authority is given by the SDSU Alert product name.
  14. present: The text does not hide the sender; it leads with SDSU Alert.
  15. present: A named notification system, SDSU Alert, is the source cue.
  16. present: Source present: the SMS is labeled as an SDSU Alert.
  17. present: The university alert brand appears in the first clause.
  18. present: Sender identity is the SDSU Alert header string.
  19. present: The product names SDSU as part of the Alert signature.
  20. present: Opening brand SDSU Alert is enough to mark who is talking.
  21. present: The alert carries a campus system name rather than an unsigned body.
  22. present: Source is the SDSU Alert tag that precedes the quake clause.
  23. present: Named sender is present in the SDSU Alert lead.
  24. present: The SMS identifies itself as an SDSU Alert message.
  25. present: A branded campus alert header supplies the source element.
• Hazardpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Every pass marks the earthquake as a specific hazard.

  What the threat actually is. A complete warning names the specific danger, such as a shooter, a fire, a tornado, or a gas leak, rather than a vague emergency, because people decide what to do based on what they are facing.

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  1. present: It names an earthquake, a specific hazard.
  2. present: Hazard is an earthquake that just occurred.
  3. present: An earthquake impacting two counties is the threat.
  4. present: The text is not a generic emergency; it names an earthquake.
  5. present: A just-occurred earthquake is the hazard.
  6. present: Hazard present because an earthquake is named.
  7. present: The threat is an earthquake.
  8. present: Readers are told an earthquake just occurred.
  9. present: Specific hazard wording is an earthquake.
  10. present: It is an earthquake hazard, not an unnamed incident.
  11. present: The SMS names an earthquake.
  12. present: Hazard is the stated earthquake.
  13. present: A named quake is the threat language.
  14. present: The SMS specifies an earthquake.
  15. present: An earthquake impacting San Diego and Imperial counties is the hazard statement.
  16. present: The product tells you what happened: an earthquake.
  17. present: A concrete earthquake is named.
  18. present: Hazard is present in the earthquake wording.
  19. present: The alert identifies an earthquake.
  20. present: An earthquake is a specific hazard.
  21. present: The body names the earthquake.
  22. present: Threat content is the quake, stated directly.
  23. present: The SMS says an earthquake just occurred, which is the hazard.
  24. present: A defined earthquake hazard is given.
  25. present: Hazard satisfied by the earthquake clause.
• Locationpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  San Diego and Imperial counties are named places.

  Where the threat is. Saying whether danger is in a specific building, a part of campus, or area-wide lets people judge their own proximity and choose a safe direction. Without a where, a warning is hard to act on precisely.

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  1. present: San Diego and Imperial counties are named places.
  2. present: Location is two named counties.
  3. present: Specific counties are given.
  4. present: San Diego and Imperial counties locate the quake.
  5. present: Location present: San Diego and Imperial counties.
  6. present: Readers are told where: two counties.
  7. present: Named counties are the location.
  8. present: The area is San Diego and Imperial counties.
  9. present: Place is explicit in two county names.
  10. present: Location is regional, not generic.
  11. present: The bulletin locates the quake in two counties.
  12. present: Two county names satisfy location.
  13. present: San Diego County is a geographic cue, and so is Imperial.
  14. present: The scene is identified as two counties.
  15. present: Location is named geography.
  16. present: Both counties are place cues.
  17. present: Place is San Diego and Imperial counties.
  18. present: The first sentence names both counties.
  19. present: Specific regions are named.
  20. present: Location present via two county names.
  21. present: The county names are enough for location.
  22. present: San Diego and Imperial counties appear in the first sentence.
  23. present: Named regions are the location element.
  24. present: The place words are two county names.
  25. present: Location is satisfied by the two counties.
• Guidancepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Remain or return indoors and call 911 if needed are treated as guidance.

  The protective action to take. A clear, specific instruction, such as shelter in place, evacuate, avoid the area, or run-hide-fight, drives faster and more correct protective behavior than describing the threat alone.

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  1. present: You are able to remain or return indoors is permission, and call 911 if needed is guidance.
  2. present: Call 911 if emergency support is needed is an instruction.
  3. present: Remain or return indoors is a protective option.
  4. present: Guidance is present in the 911 clause.
  5. present: Recipients are told they may stay or go indoors and to call 911 if needed.
  6. present: A protective action is given: remain or return indoors.
  7. present: The product tells people they can stay inside.
  8. present: Call 911 is an action for people who need help.
  9. present: Guidance present in remain or return indoors.
  10. present: People are told what they are able to do.
  11. present: The SMS instructs a 911 call if support is needed.
  12. present: An explicit 911 instruction is aimed at the audience.
  13. present: Readers get a stay-or-return-indoors path.
  14. present: Protective guidance is the indoor option plus 911.
  15. present: The sentence tells you you may remain indoors.
  16. present: Guidance is satisfied by the indoor and 911 clauses.
  17. present: A clear action, call 911 if needed, is present.
  18. present: The SMS does not only describe the quake; it says you may return indoors.
  19. present: Instructional content is remain or return indoors.
  20. present: The audience is told they can stay inside.
  21. present: Guidance exists as the indoor permission and 911 line.
  22. present: Recipients are steered indoors if they wish.
  23. present: The optional action is named: remain or return indoors.
  24. present: A specific call-to-action, call 911, is in the text.
  25. present: The message tells people they can stay or go back inside.
• Timepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  just occurred is treated as a recency cue.

  When the message applies. A timestamp, the word now or immediately, or a phrase like until further notice tells the reader whether the danger is current and how quickly to act.

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  1. present: just occurred is a recency cue.
  2. present: just occurred marks the quake as now.
  3. present: A time cue is just occurred.
  4. present: Time present via just occurred.
  5. present: The phrase just occurred is a when marker.
  6. present: Recency is just occurred.
  7. present: Time is the just occurred clause.
  8. present: The bulletin says an earthquake just occurred.
  9. present: just occurred is a time element.
  10. present: The when is now, via just occurred.
  11. present: A present-tense just occurred is the time mark.
  12. present: Clock and date are absent; just occurred remains.
  13. present: Time is the just occurred phrase.
  14. present: The narrative includes just occurred as recency.
  15. present: just occurred is time.
  16. present: The when is a present-tense quake.
  17. present: A recency phrase is the time element.
  18. present: Time satisfied by just occurred.
  19. present: The quake is described as just occurred.
  20. present: just occurred is explicit recency.
  21. present: The bulletin timestamps the event as just now.
  22. present: No clock, but just occurred is enough for time.
  23. present: The just occurred clause is a time mark.
  24. present: Time is not missing if just occurred counts.
  25. present: just occurred is a clear now cue.
• Impactabsent5/25

  Final assessment

  Most passes find no stated injury or damage in the first alert.

  What the hazard could do to the people in its path. Beyond naming the threat, a complete warning conveys its potential consequences or severity, such as that a tornado can level buildings or that a leak could be explosive, so recipients grasp how much danger they are in. Research on warning message content finds that a concrete impact statement helps people personalize their risk and act sooner.

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  1. absent: No injury or damage is claimed in the first alert.
  2. absent: The text does not say anyone was harmed.
  3. absent: Impact as harm is not stated; the university is still assessing.
  4. absent: No deadly wording appears.
  5. absent: Assessing for impacts is not a stated harm.
  6. absent: I do not infer injury the first SMS does not speak.
  7. absent: No one is described as hurt.
  8. absent: Impact fails because no personal-harm outcome is written.
  9. absent: Severity of harm is not claimed.
  10. absent: The bulletin is an assessment notice, not an impact statement.
  11. absent: Nothing says people are injured.
  12. absent: Impact is not satisfied by naming an earthquake alone.
  13. absent: No injury count is given.
  14. absent: I code impact absent.
  15. absent: The text stops at assessing for any impacts.
  16. absent: No life-threatening language is present.
  17. absent: impacts here means effects, not a stated injury.
  18. absent: The alert does not say the situation is dangerous.
  19. absent: No impact verb such as threaten appears.
  20. absent: An assessment notice is not impact unless harm is stated.
  21. present: An earthquake just occurred implies a harm potential I count as impact.
  22. present: I read impacting two counties as impact.
  23. present: Assessing for any impacts uses the word impacts.
  24. present: A just-occurred quake is a stated event with implied consequence.
  25. present: County-wide impact language is impact.