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QuakeWatch app for iPhone and iPad


4.2 ( 8112 ratings )
Weather News
Developer: LateNightProjects
0.99 USD
Current version: 3.8, last update: 4 years ago
First release : 06 May 2009
App size: 9.97 Mb

•• The top paid earthquake app for 10 years.
•• A #1 News app in 60 countries so far including the US, UK, and Canada.
•• An App Store Top 100 app in 40 countries so far including the US and Canada.
•• Written-up in USA Today.
•• Shown and discussed on CNN Newsroom.

QuakeWatch has been the most popular paid earthquake app in the App Store for over 10 years now -- used by schools, relief agencies, media outlets, and thousands of people around the world curious about earthquakes near to them, family, or friends.

It has reached the App Store Top 100, and #1 in News, multiple times.

It is a feature-rich reference guide, free of ads, of the latest magnitude 1.0 and larger earthquakes from around the world as provided by ten worldwide sources including the US Geological Survey and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre. Find out when they happened, where they happened, how big they were, and more. All in an easy-to-use interface without losing space to banner ads!

The key features of QuakeWatch include:

• An interactive world map view with tectonic plates showing reported earthquakes over the past week. Pan and zoom the map to focus on hot spots and click the details button to see the quake report. Also the ability to replay the earthquakes in order.

• Sort the listing by the most recent earthquakes.
• Sort by the largest earthquakes over the past week.
• Sort by the closest earthquakes to your location and see the distance and direction from your position.
• Sort by earthquakes nearest to a place anywhere on the earth that you easily specify. Great for tracking quakes near family members. Shows the distance and bearing from them.

• Choose from reporting services in the US, Europe, Canada, Mexico, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Iceland, and Italy.

• Select the tsunami icon in the toolbar for quick access to the latest tsunami information for the Pacific, US West Coast & Alaska, Australia, and Japan.

• Send earthquake information to yourself or others through email, Twitter, Facebook, or SMS text messaging.

• Filter out smaller earthquakes from the list by setting the minimum shown to be between 1.0 and 6.0.

• Select an earthquake from the list to view more information along with a live map of its location and the ability to show nearby earthquakes.

• Selecting the blue additional details button will take you to the reporting web site integrated into the application for more information about the earthquake which may include distances from cities, historical maps, shake maps, etc., and then easily return to the list.

• Universal app - supports the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.

• Supports quick view multitasking on the iPad on iOS 10 and newer.

• iPod touch and iPad WiFi users can manually specify their current location if greater accuracy is needed.

• The ability to define local earthquakes within a radius of your location. Then sort by "Closest" to see all local earthquakes sorted by distance or the most recent.

• Earthquakes within the last 2 hours and within your local range are colored blue for quick identification.

• All times are shown in your time zone.

• No banner ads.

Pros and cons of QuakeWatch app for iPhone and iPad

QuakeWatch app good for

Is it real, that there are much more Earthquakes over 6.0 in the last Year, then all Years before?
Worksike a charm! Easy to use, thoughtful options - like biggest, most recent & closest earthquakes. Zoomable graphical representation, links to data. Living in an earthquake zone, like to check it out. Good as an educational tool, too. Just add Canadian data and its a 5 star!
As soon as Canadian feed is added this app will top them all!
Living in Vancouver I love being able to keep an eye on things, $$ well spendt
Well thought out and user friendly. No functional problems and does not crash or freeze, one of my favorite apps.
This App has zero problems and is super informative. Reports from all over the world in your real time. Great maps and locators. Very interesting to watch all the seismic activity around the globe!!

Some bad moments

You will NOT have infos from most countries OUTSIDE USA. Check before buying.
I used to love it, because it had up to the minute info on quakes near me and around the world. Now it seems to be hours, even days behind - despite updating, refreshing the feed and even uninstalling/reinstalling. Not sure what has happened with this app, but what a shame......fix your bugs, QuakeWatch!
This used to be a great, informative app. 2-3minutes tops after I felt a quake I could check and be informed. Now it takes hours and sometimes days to update and see a recent quake. Please fix this issue and Ill give it 5stars again.
No longer getting notifications. Earthquake results are days old. Use to be a great app but not so much now.
Tried to download on 3 devices, keeps putting my location in wrong place.
This app hasnt been updated since August of 2014, no wonder it isnt accurate anymore, use to be a great app

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