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QuakeWatch for Android Released

by admin last modified 2012-03-21 08:40

ISTI has released QuakeWatch for Android. A free companion tool to our QuakeWatch software.

QuakeWatch for Android Released

Screen shot from QuakeWatch for Android

QuakeWatch by ISTI - for distributing and displaying Earthquake Information https://market.android.com/search?q=pname:com.isti.sms This App is an Android implement of ISTI's popular QuakeWatch Software. QuakeWatch for the desktop is the core of the USGS CISN software for displaying Earthquake information in real time to Emergency Managers and Responders. This is app is not intended to be used as a warning system, but rather as a means for distributing information to interested parties. QuakeWatch receives data via a feed from the US Geological Survey. Not only does this feed contain Earthquake information such as magnitude, location, depth and time, but it also include other information important to researchers and engineers. This feed also provides links to data products associated with earthquakes, such as earthquake information web pages, "Did you feel it?" web forms, Shaking intensity maps (Shapemaps) and Tsunami information reports. This information is available via the "products" button. If Tsunami information is available then this button will read "Tsunami" in red text. If you wish to have earthquake alerts pushed to your phone in near-real time, please register with the USGS's Earthquake Notification Service - https://sslearthquake.usgs.gov/ens . Opt to have the messages delivered in Cube Format to you cell phone provider's email/SMS gateway. i.e. for Verizon Wireless send the email to 5185551212@vtext.com. This app will grab, process and display the SMS Text messages automatically. This work is made possible through the hard work of many people. including (but not limited to) those at the USGS, The National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC), and NOAA and the Tsunami Warning Centers.

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