Cosmoglobus — the living Earth in 3D
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Earthquakes today on a live globe
Every earthquake of the last seven days is on the globe, from the small ones nobody felt to the strong ones in the news. The size of a circle is the magnitude, its colour tells how deep the quake was and how long ago it happened.
The plate boundaries are drawn too, and it is striking to see how the quakes line up along them — the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Himalayas, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Click an earthquake to read where exactly it struck, how deep, and for the stronger ones how the ground moved.
The data comes from the U.S. Geological Survey and refreshes every few minutes, so a quake that happened a quarter of an hour ago is usually already here.
Questions people ask
- Where does the earthquake data come from?
- From the USGS real-time feed, which collects reports from seismic networks all over the world.
- Is this an early-warning service?
- No. It shows quakes that have already happened; for warnings follow your local authorities.