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Live earthquakes

Live earthquakes

Every earthquake the U.S. Geological Survey reports, placed on the globe within a minute of the feed, sized by magnitude.

The data

Data sourceReal-time earthquake feeds of the U.S. Geological Survey (public domain).
Update rateThe globe reads the past day’s earthquakes every 60 seconds; USGS updates its feeds every minute.
CoverageWorldwide; smallest quakes mostly in and near the United States.
LimitsFirst solutions are automatic and are often revised. This is not an earthquake early warning system; for alerts use official services such as ShakeAlert and your local emergency agency.

What you can do

  • Magnitude, depth and time for every quake
  • Volcano alerts and tsunami messages on the same globe
  • Significant quakes filed automatically in the events archive

Recent significant earthquakes

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