MyShake

UC Berkeley Seismological Laboratory

About this app

MyShake is a comprehensive and free earthquake app offering these features:

Earthquake Early Warning
Receive timely, potentially life-saving early warning alerts in California, Oregon and Washington. MyShake uses the USGS ShakeAlert system to deliver alerts for earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 (or greater) several seconds before shaking arrives.

Earthquake Safety
View safety tips for earthquake preparedness such as securing hazardous or moveable items and creating a disaster plan. Know what to do during an earthquake and learn more about Drop, Cover and Hold On!

Earthquake Map
View and explore a map of earthquakes around the world and get detailed information such as earthquake magnitude, location and depth. Share your own experience of an earthquake and see community reports of shaking and damage.

Earthquake Notification
Stay informed of earthquakes as they occur by receiving notifications on your phone. Select your regions of interest and the earthquake magnitude. You’ll never miss out on any earthquake greater than magnitude 3.5!

Smartphone-Based Global Seismic Network
Participate in a smartphone-based global seismic network. In this research project, your phone becomes a mini-seismometer and contributes to the detection of earthquakes wherever you are. This global citizen-science based seismic network has the potential to provide early warning earthquake alerts in every region of the world, even in the absence of traditional seismic networks!

About Us
MyShake is developed by the University of California, Berkeley, Seismology Lab and funded by the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. The Berkeley Seismology Lab conducts essential research on earthquakes and solid earth processes while collecting and delivering high quality geophysical data.

MyShake is available in English, Spanish (Español), Chinese Traditional (繁體中文), Filipino, Korean (한국인), and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).

MyShake is available to everyone for free with no ads and no subscriptions!

Learn more at http://myshake.berkeley.edu

Ratings and reviews

This is a great app. I really appreciate the early warning it provides. I discovered a problem with it with the quake this morning (9/12/24), though. I had Do Not Disturb set on my phone, and the alarm didn't sound. I have changed app notifications to allow this in the future, but I feel that as an emergency alert, the app should override Do Not Disturb, regardless of app settings. At the very least, the app should let the user know to adjust notifications settings at time of installation.

What I wanted was an earthquake alert like Japan has. Myshake is too flakey and fiddley to be counted upon in an emergency. Seems to be much improved, but still too fiddley. I want only local emergency alerts. I don't care about shaking half way around the world. I finally discovered how to turn off global notifications (buried several layers down in a setting menu.) GLOBAL NOTIFICATIONS SHOULD BE OFF BY DEFAULT IN AN EMERGENCY APP!!! Too many irrelevant notifications with default settings!

Good idea but doesn't work right. Everytime I try to turn off the GLOBAL setting it automatically gets turned back on says system error. It NEVER alerts me to the earthquakes in the areas I actually choose. It's kind of useless honestly. I dont want to know about earthquakes in the Sandwich islands or Fiji, but I'd like to know when they are within 50 miles... I've tried Uninstalling and reinstalling the app and still it does t work right.

What's new

* Improvements in "I felt shaking" earthquake list
* Easier access to the Save button in the Homebase screen
* Bug fixes