Volcanoes & Earthquakes

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4.4
7.45K reviews
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About this app

Volcanoes & Earthquakes shows the latest earthquakes worldwide or only quakes near you, as well as earthquake "I-felt-it" reports for earthquakes, in near real-time. It also shows active volcanoes on a map and as a list, along with volcano news from all the world.
You can filter and display the data in various ways, for example by magnitude or age of earthquakes, distance from your location, volcano status and much more.

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Features:

- See currently erupting volcanoes on a map (more than 1600 active and dormant volcanoes)
- Get most recent volcano news, including volcanic ash advisories (starting from v.1.4.0)
- See the most recent earthquakes around the world based on one of the most complete and accurate earthquake datasets on the internet – earthquakes worldwide up to 7 days old
- Notifications: near-real time earthquake & volcano alerts
- Custom alerts for user-set locations/areas
- Detailed tectonic plates
- 1000s of active faults
- Alert if earthquakes might have been felt in your area
- Larger earthquakes (above magnitude 6.0) available for up to 1 year
- Listing of earthquakes near active volcanoes (could indicate volcanic unrest)
- Complete volcano listing worldwide alphabetically/by country/by activity level (starting from v. 1.4.0)
- Multiple data sources (more than 40 international and national data sources)
- Filter earthquakes according to magnitude, age and distance
- Filter quakes by continent, country or state (starting from v. 2.3.0)
- Sort quakes by time (latest) or size (magnitude)
- Earthquake archive since 2012 - arguably the most complete available on the web (starting from v. 2.3.0)
- Earthquake stats – magnitude/energy/depth vs time or magnitude (starting from v. 2.4.0)
- Submit/read/view user earthquake reports on map via the "I felt an earthquake" feature
- Detailed information about each earthquake
- Detailed information about each volcano including list of eruptions and manner of eruptions
- Tectonic plate boundaries
- Purpose-built and customized, highly compressed data format to save bandwidth
- Optional automatic background loading of data
- Submit a feature request through comments!

Upcoming features:

- More data sources to be added
- Earthquake news

Main earthquake data sources currently used:

- British Geological Survey (BGS), UK
- China Earthquake Information Centre (CEIC), China
- Russian Academy of Science (Камчатский филиал Геофизической службы - EMSD), Russian Federation
- European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), France
- National Geographic Institute (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - IGN), Spain
- Icelandic Met Office (IMO), Iceland
- National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia - INGV), Italy
- Geoscience Australia (GeoAu)
- New Zealand Earthquake Commission and GNS Science (GEONET), New Zealand
- German Research Centre for Geosciences (Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum Potzdam – GFZ), Germany
- National Seismological Center of the University of Chile (Centro Sismológico Nacional, Universidad de Chile – GUG), Chile
- Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute-Regional Earthquake and Tsunami Monitoring Center (KOERI-RETMC/BOUN KOERI), Turkey
- Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN), Canada
- Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHILVOLCS), Philippines
- Swiss Seismological Service (Schweizerischer Erdbebendienst. SED), Switzerland
- Servicio Sismológico Nacional (SSN), Mexico
- United States Geological Survey - Earthquake Hazards Program (USGS), USA

Disclaimer:
Although we take care to collect data from reputable sources and strive for accuracy, there is no guarantee that the information is correct or complete and that the app will always perform as intended.
Updated on
Oct 2, 2023

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Ratings and reviews

4.4
6.91K reviews
Lloydsof Rochester
August 18, 2023
I was so impressed by what I saw I had to review it before I've even had it a day. This is what I was looking for! Deleted 2 other apps because this combined all the features they had plus offered more (hadn't even considered volcanoes before this). Robust settings options. Great sorting selections (time of occurrence, distance, magnitude, region, and more!). Ability to report felt earthquakes. There's so much I will run out of space if I try. Very impressed.
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VolcanoDiscovery
August 21, 2023
Thank you very much for your review!
A Google user
April 2, 2020
Really like this app. It thinks the way I do. Especially like the earthquake historical archive. And the ability to set up alternate locations. For example, I'm interested in the New Madrid fault zone but I don't live anywhere near it. I can set it up to monitor my own location AND the New Madrid zone. I've used several other apps and they all frustrate me, but this one is easy to customize, friendly, and very flexible. Ads are not intrusive but the Ad free version upgrade is well worth it.
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A Google user
August 9, 2019
I do wish there were some more definitive stats, like how many earthquakes in the last 24 hrs, this week, this month, etc. I upgraded the app in hopes that this feature would be there. Great app though Just one other thing..and not that this is an app issue, but after I upgraded about an hour ago.. I have received 3 phone calls from a France number, I live in the US, it rings once and they hang up. I searched and found that this is a scam. Not the apps fault..I'm sure its google's fault!
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What's new

In-app "Report shaking" / "I felt a quake" forms
Report shaking and get notified when a quake is found