Quake

Earthquakes, live and near you

Earth, live. Did you feel that?

Felt something? Quake puts every earthquake on a live map within minutes, with how big and how deep it was, how far it is from you, and where the data came from.

~55: earthquakes located around the world every day
~16: major quakes (M7+) in an average year
32×: more energy for each step up in magnitude
2: global catalogues side by side: USGS and EMSC

Live map
Earthquakes around the world, sized by magnitude and shaded by how recent they are.
Near you
The quakes inside your own radius, with distance and direction from your place.
Every detail
Magnitude, depth, local time and the felt-intensity estimate where one is published.
Source and age
Each event says who reported it and how old the data is: "USGS · 4 min ago".
Alerts
Your own magnitude and distance limits, with quiet hours for the night.
Widgets
The latest quake and the biggest of the day on your home screen.

Data: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, EMSC Seismic Portal, GDACS

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About the app

What Quake does

Quake is a live earthquake tracker. It brings together the earthquake catalogues of the US Geological Survey and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, so you see each quake within minutes of it being located, wherever on Earth it happened.

Every event shows its magnitude, its depth, when it happened in your local time and how far it is from you. Each one also says which agency reported it and how old the information is, because early magnitudes are often revised in the first hour.

How big was it?

Magnitude measures the energy an earthquake releases. Each whole step up the scale means about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 6 releases roughly a thousand times more than a magnitude 4. Quake shows the magnitude type the agency used and updates it when they revise it.

Will I have felt it?

How strongly a quake is felt depends on its size, its depth and the distance. Where the agency publishes a shaking estimate, Quake shows it on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale, from I (not felt) to X and above (extreme), in plain words.

Not a warning service

Quake shows earthquakes after they have happened, from public catalogues. It is not an early-warning system and does not replace official alerts. In an emergency, follow your local authorities.

Where the data comes from

USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Real-time earthquake catalogue and felt-intensity estimates
EMSC Seismic Portal: European-Mediterranean and global earthquake catalogue
GDACS: Alert levels for major earthquakes

Every event shows its source and how old it is. If a feed can't be reached, the app keeps showing the last good copy, marked as out of date. There is no account or tracking. Privacy policy.

Good to know

Quake questions

How quickly does a new earthquake appear?

Usually within minutes. Large quakes are located first; small ones far from seismometers can take longer. The age of the data is shown on every event.

Why do USGS and EMSC give different magnitudes?

Each agency uses its own stations and methods, and the first figures are quick estimates. They often agree within a few tenths after an hour or so. Quake shows which agency each number comes from.

Is Quake an earthquake early warning?

No. It shows earthquakes that have already happened. For official warnings follow your national authorities and their alert systems.

Where does the data come from?

From the US Geological Survey's real-time earthquake feeds, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre's Seismic Portal and, for major events, the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS).

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