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This app is designed for both iPhone and iPad

Price: $0.99

Category: News

Updated: Apr 17, 2012

Version: 2.6

Size: 4.7 MB

Language: English

Seller: Terence Worley

Rated 4+

Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.0 or later.


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QuakeWatch – Latest Earthquakes Info by LateNightProjects

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Description

A #1 News app in over 25 countries including the US, UK, and Canada.
An App Store Top 100 app in over 20 countries including the US and Canada.
Written-up in USA Today - 3/18/11 Fri-Sun edition.
Shown and discussed on CNN Newsroom - 3/27/11.
Rated an Essential App by AppAdvice.

QuakeWatch has been the most popular earthquake app in the App Store for over 2 years, 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 to the latest magnitude 1.0 and larger earthquakes from around the world as provided by seven 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!

The key features of QuakeWatch include:

A world map view of 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.

Sort the listing by the 100 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, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Germany.

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 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 Google map of its location.

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.

iPod Touch users can manually specify their current location if greater accuracy is needed. (A popular request.)

The ability to define local earthquakes within a radius of your location. Then sort by "Closest" to see all local earthquakes sorted by 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.

What's New in Version 2.6

• Ability to share via text messages (SMS).
• Expanded Tsunami reporting to include:
The US West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warnings page.
The Australian Tsunami Warnings page.
The Japan Meteorological Agency Tsunami Warnings page.
• Added earthquake data for Germany.
• Native Twitter support on iOS 5.x.

This release is officially iOS 4.x and higher only.

QuakeWatch is always seeking to expand its worldwide earthquake coverage. So if you know of any agencies providing data, or if you work for an agency and would like to be included, please get in touch. Thanks!

Customer Reviews

Seor (5 stars)
First off, I have downloaded and used almost every quake app in the market. This is the one I use. It is great and you will be pleased. 99 cents is a great deal on this one.

An Elegant Presentation (5 stars)
This is the best by far of several earthquake apps I've tried. Even more clear and speedy than the USGS site whose data this uses. Highly recommend!

Love This App! (4 stars)
I would give it five stars if it had push notifications.

I feel that the user interface is easy to use, the settings are as well and the mapping feature is perfect.

The creators of the app do state in their FAQ that they are looking into adding push notifications to the feature set, so I am reserving five stars for that eventuality.

Great for the iPhone and you can tell a lot of thought went into this product and

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