Epicenter - Definition: The location on the surface of the earth directly above the origin of an earthquake.
Interact with the latest 30 days of worldwide earthquake data plotted on a beautifully responsive, rotatable and zoomable globe!
App features include:
-- 30 days of combined USGS and EMSC earthquake locations (10,000+ earthquakes)
-- Rotate and zoom the globe to explore the earthquake and terrain data
-- Available on both the iPhone and iPad in portrait and landscape
-- Comes with a Today Widget and an Apple Watch app (see below)
-- Tap an epicenter for details about the earthquake including magnitude, depth and source
-- USGS reported earthquakes are linked to the USGS website
-- Use the "Date Scroller" to explore the time sequence of earthquakes, backwards and forwards
-- The "Play" button will animate the earthquakes in time sequence; 30 days in 10 seconds
-- Available Settings:
-- Change the map terrain style to one of your preference (6 choices)
-- Show or Hide Worldwide Plate boundaries and Western US Quaternary Faults
-- Plot earthquakes by magnitude or depth
-- Choose the Accumulate or Interval (Daily) plotting style used by the Slider and Play button
-- Select system units of Metric or Imperial
-- Use the Apple Watch app to view earthquake data from the past 24 hours.
-- See the:
-- Closest earthquake to your position
-- Largest earthquake worldwide
-- Data includes magnitude, distance, time, place name and map!
-- Watch Complication displays largest earthquake magnitude recorded from the past 24 hours
-- On your iPhone or iPad, use the Today Widget to view earthquake data from the past 24 hours.
-- See the:
-- Closest earthquake to your position
-- Largest earthquake worldwide
-- Tap one or the other to launch the app and automatically zoom to the selected earthquake
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Epicenter FAQ
Is Epicenter free?
Yes, Epicenter is completely free and it doesn't have any in-app purchases or subscriptions.
Is Epicenter legit?
✅ The Epicenter app appears to be high-quality and legitimate. Users are very satisfied.
For those interested, this is a great iPad app with a beautifully designed user interface. The base is an earth globe, rotatable in any direction. Tap on an earthquake's dot for detailed infomation. Appears to use USGS data.
(Previous review edited and updated. iPhone issue went away.)
Want past history?
Being able to look back 30 days tells the story, but many active fault aren’t moving that much: would more history be available?
Just a thought.
Got the Mmo reference. Me, too.
Just download it. You won’t be disappointed!
Real passion has gone into this super cool app. Developer obviously understands tectonics.
Well it was updating on the Internet and then it just quit
It worked for about a week and then it stopped updating what’s up with that
Did not update data
Looks good but would not update any information, saying I was not connected to the internet (which was not the case) or that the server as unavailable.
Great interactive map
I live in CA, and my family is scattered throughout the state. I original got this so I could track the activity of their area, but the map is so much fun to use that I've started monitoring other areas of the world too. The ring of fire is particularly interesting to keep an eye on.
It's good to stay educated in the world around you. I've learned that Californa is not at all the worst place to live in regards to earthquakes! Stay safe out there.
My favorite part about the map is the global 3d sphere. It's really easy to jump around to different locations and review the quakes. I love the map is not politically divided - it's all topho (at least that's how I keep my settings). As you zoom in, the state/country dividers pop up, but when you zoom out, they fade away which I love. Or you can select plate boundaries to be toggled on, which is pretty sweet too look at. Great app. Definitely learning more about the world.
Could be better
I really like the app but..,
My number one complaint: print is so small I can’t even read it with a magnifying glass! It’s basically guessing the general area when I look at map. Enlarge by at least 6!
Secondly: I’d love to see ocean’s topography!!
Great App!
I’m a geologist and I will use this for work. Love that it gives me all the USGS information on my phone and it works with the Apple Watch as well! Saves me from having to open a browser and find the right url ... etc!
Chapeaux
Love it!
You guys have done an outstanding job in producing such a complete picture and description of the seismic events.
In my area(Ecuador) we are in very active Seismic and Volcanic zone and I sure will visiting this site often.
Flat ocean
I like this app, but really an earthquake map should show the topography of the ocean floor, not leave it blank as though we are looking at the top of the ocean at sea level. When there’s an earthquake on a mid-ocean ridge I want to be able to exactly where it was in relation to other ridges or junctions or subduction zones. This app is missing details of 2/3 of the world. Please update to include the ocean floors because I do like this app, and would like to give it more stars