QuakeWatch

QuakeWatch - Know Before the Sirens

When you're travelling abroad, a natural disaster doesn't come with a briefing in your language. By the time an official alert sounds, precious seconds are already gone.

QuakeWatch puts USGS real-time earthquake, tsunami, and volcano data directly on your phone - so you're informed the moment something happens, wherever you are in the world.

Built for Travellers You're in a hotel in Tokyo, on a beach in Bali, or exploring the coast of Chile. QuakeWatch is running quietly in the background. The moment a significant earthquake is detected nearby - your phone alerts you. Not a siren. Not a news headline 20 minutes later. Your phone, right now, with the magnitude, location, and whether a tsunami warning has been issued.

Turn off the radius limit and monitor the entire planet - perfect when you're moving between destinations and don't want to keep updating your location settings.

Earthquake Monitoring

• Live USGS data updated every few minutes
• Interactive map with color-coded magnitude pins
• Full searchable list - sort by time, magnitude, or distance from you
• Detailed view: magnitude, depth, location, distance, tsunami status
• Filter by time window: past hour, day, week, or month

Smart Alerts - Even When Your Phone is in Your Pocket

• Background notifications - alerts arrive even when the app is closed
• Choose which magnitude levels notify you
• Set a radius around your location, or go worldwide with one tap
• Distinct alert sounds per severity - you'll know how serious it is before you even look
• Tsunami warnings fire the instant USGS raises the flag, with a separate unmistakable alert

Volcano Monitoring (optional)

• All 160+ USGS-monitored volcanoes worldwide
• Normal / Advisory / Watch / Warning alert levels
• Notified the moment a volcano's status is raised
• Aviation color codes for travel planning

Safety Tips

• Built-in earthquake and tsunami safety guide
• Emergency services number shown for your current country automatically - no Googling in a panic

Configurable for How You Travel

• Save multiple locations - monitor home while you're away
• Worldwide alerts or location radius - switch with one toggle
• Works in the background on your own schedule

Data Sources All data provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earthquake Hazards Program and Volcano Hazards Program. QuakeWatch is an informational tool - always follow guidance from local emergency management authorities.

Developed by Jetstream Labs - support@jetstreamlabs.net