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title: "QuakeWatch - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in New Zealand | Apple App Store"
description: "•• The top paid earthquake app for 10 years. •• A #1 News app in 60 countries so far including the US, UK, and Canada. •• An App Store Top 100 app in 40 countries so far including the US and Canada. •"
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# QuakeWatch — New Zealand
> Latest Earthquakes Info

![QuakeWatch App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/42/36/85/423685e8-81bb-0fe2-6637-78efbc73053d/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-0-0-8-0-0-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [Terence Worley](https://apptail.io/developer/terence-worley-qhD)
**Category:** News
**Rating:** 3.5/5 (2 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** com.LateNightProjects.QuakeWatch
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** New Zealand
**Version:** 3.8 (released 2019-11-26)
**Original Release:** 2009-05-07
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/nz/app/app/id314600768)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/new-zealand](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/new-zealand)

## QuakeWatch Description
•• The top paid earthquake app for 10 years.
•• A #1 News app in 60 countries so far including the US, UK, and Canada.
•• An App Store Top 100 app in 40 countries so far including the US and Canada.
•• Written-up in USA Today.
•• Shown and discussed on CNN Newsroom.

QuakeWatch has been the most popular paid earthquake app in the App Store for over 10 years now -- 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, free of ads, of the latest magnitude 1.0 and larger earthquakes from around the world as provided by ten 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 without losing space to banner ads!

The key features of QuakeWatch include:

• An interactive world map view with tectonic plates showing 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. Also the ability to replay the earthquakes in order.

• Sort the listing by the 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, Mexico, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Iceland, and Italy.

• 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 SMS 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 live map of its location and the ability to show nearby earthquakes.

• 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.

• Supports quick view multitasking on the iPad on iOS 10 and newer.

• iPod touch and iPad WiFi users can manually specify their current location if greater accuracy is needed.

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

• No banner ads.

## QuakeWatch Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/72/b9/87/72b98759-d654-f6c1-8662-7404b8b3b29f/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/48/53/b6/4853b625-0b0a-60e9-2cbe-c0ef863503f0/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/3b/01/50/3b0150f3-7f1b-a254-2de2-66a37fe1b5d2/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/3e/01/3f/3e013fda-96fd-784d-60ea-573fd70e9a15/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/c0/24/3d/c0243dce-dd66-c0bc-550a-1ea4512ce04f/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png)

## QuakeWatch Rating Breakdown in New Zealand
- 5 stars: 1 (50%)
- 4 stars: 0 (0%)
- 3 stars: 0 (0%)
- 2 stars: 1 (50%)
- 1 stars: 0 (0%)

## QuakeWatch Reviews in New Zealand

### ***** "Best quake watch app"
This app is clear and easy to use.  You can change the parameters easily.  The developer responds quickly to comments or suggestions. The app is responsive.  The results appear shortly after a quake has occurred.  All in all, this a a great app.
-- Rowdygowdy, 2018-12-15

### **--- "Can't find NZ Quakes"
Cannot find any NZ Quakes in this app. Under closest we always got them but no longer there. Rather useless now.
-- aging me, 2014-08-24

### ***** "A "Must Have" for New Zealanders."
Awesome. While the same information is available on the GNS site, Quakewatch is easier to customise to give you the data you want, in the locations you want.
-- Snooshy, 2013-08-16

### **--- "Accessing Settings Causes Crash"
Running an iPhone 4S with iOS 6. I can't access the Settings menu without the app crashing. Hopefully just an iOS 6 bug that will go away after an update. :-/
-- LaetitiaOli4, 2012-09-21

### ***** "Great app, responsive support"
List and map views are excellent. Works well in NZ, although we're almost dropping off the bottom right corner of the map :-) 
Very responsive support. When the Geonet NZ feed recently moved the support team did a super fast update on request.
-- Southern-Man, 2012-09-13

### ***** "Techo"
What a stunning ap well designed, faster results than the local news feed

A+++
-- DirkBiz, 2012-05-06

### ***** "Fantastic app"
Live in NZ and find this app really useful. Agree with some of the comments about world map scrolling but doesn't take away from the overall quality. A++
-- ParkJiminee, 2012-04-12

### ***-- "Geo"
A useful app. Needs graphic improvements. Option to centre World map on Pacific. Pins on World map too big- replace with smaller circles with no pin shaft. Option to scale circles to quake magnitude. Option to display quakes for specified period, eg last week/month/year, or between specifed dates.
-- Allenjmm, 2011-12-28

### ***** "Excellent"
Nice layout. Informative timely updates. Well done
-- m113t, 2011-08-07

### ***** "Excellent"
Informative, up to date & easy to use.
-- Susanh360, 2011-07-02

### ***** "Great App"
Awesome app, use it most days in Christchurch
-- Sailorkitkatlucy, 2011-06-22

### ***** "Good app"
This is a good app and generally pretty quick. @CecilinNZ go into the settings and enable feeds from GeonetNZ and all earthquakes from NZ will show up.
-- Adubbya, 2011-05-06

### ***** "Quake Watch"
This App is what iPod and Apps are all about. Brilliant interface, total delivery of superb quality info and configurable by user. Stable, reliable. As a kiwi and given the CHCH quake which I experienced - I use this App every day to track what's going on here and abroad. Well done QW team be proud!!
-- Seini, 2011-04-08

### ***** "Great app"
Would like the map to scroll. 

But fantastic app. Updates are as fast as the data becomes available.
-- alex-1961, 2011-04-04

### ***** "Quake"
Gr8 app. More historical data wld b gd.  Llke biggest ever etc.   But I use it every day ..... I live in chch. ;)
-- Cdnz009, 2011-04-01

### ****- "Director"
Awesome app.
-- Cjm1965, 2011-03-30

### ***** "Cool app"
Would be really good with push notifications for earthquakes near your current location or within your country.
-- Boombadenio, 2011-03-20

### ****- "Great app"
Thanks for putting together this app. It has been very interesting prior to, and after the Japan quake.
-- Carla nz, 2011-03-18

### ****- "Great app"
Fantastic app - updates very quickly for me. Please add ability to sort quakes within x kms by time.  That would make it 5 stars!
-- drrosie, 2011-03-16

### ***** "I really like the speed of this app. Faster updates would be good!"
I really like this app! I am however in New Zealand and read that the updates are slow. Fast updates and this would be my app pick for the year!
-- CjMurden, 2011-03-14

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## QuakeWatch Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Paid | Lebanon | News | #1 |
| Top Paid | Dominican Republic | News | #1 |
| Top Paid | Peru | News | #1 |
| Top Paid | Indonesia | News | #1 |
| Top Paid | Ecuador | News | #2 |
| Top Paid | Thailand | News | #2 |
| Top Paid | Chile | News | #2 |
| Top Paid | Mexico | News | #2 |
| Top Paid | Kuwait | News | #3 |
| Top Paid | Philippines | News | #3 |
| Top Paid | New Zealand | News | #3 |
| Top Paid | South Africa | News | #3 |
| Top Paid | United States | News | #4 |
| Top Paid | United Arab Emirates | News | #4 |
| Top Paid | Malaysia | News | #4 |
| Top Paid | Argentina | News | #4 |
| Top Paid | Taiwan | News | #4 |
| Top Paid | Colombia | News | #5 |
| Top Paid | Singapore | News | #5 |
| Top Paid | Türkiye | News | #5 |
| Top Paid | Canada | News | #6 |
| Top Paid | Israel | News | #7 |
| Top Paid | United Kingdom | News | #7 |
| Top Paid | Saudi Arabia | News | #7 |
| Top Paid | Norway | News | #7 |
| Top Paid | Pakistan | News | #7 |
| Top Paid | Egypt | News | #8 |
| Top Paid | Kazakhstan | News | #8 |
| Top Paid | Hong Kong SAR China | News | #8 |
| Top Paid | Switzerland | News | #9 |
| Top Paid | Russia | News | #10 |
| Top Paid | South Korea | News | #12 |
| Top Paid | Brazil | News | #12 |
| Top Paid | Japan | News | #13 |
| Top Paid | India | News | #13 |
| Top Paid | Australia | News | #14 |
| Top Paid | Vietnam | News | #26 |
| Top Paid | Ukraine | News | #39 |
| Top Grossing | New Zealand | News | #95 |
| Top Grossing | Dominican Republic | News | #99 |
| Top Paid | Dominican Republic | Overall | #245 |
| Top Paid | New Zealand | Overall | #289 |
| Top Paid | Chile | Overall | #340 |

## QuakeWatch Discovered Keywords
- quakewatch

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## QuakeWatch Available In
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/united-states)
- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/canada)
- [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/australia)
- [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/japan)
- [New Zealand](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/new-zealand)
- [Russia](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/russia)
- [Chile](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/chile)
- [Türkiye](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/turkey)
- [Switzerland](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/switzerland)
- [Singapore](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/singapore)
- [Thailand](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/thailand)
- [Taiwan](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/taiwan)
- [Ecuador](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/ecuador)
- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/united-kingdom)
- [South Africa](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/south-africa)
- [Indonesia](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/indonesia)
- [Mexico](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/mexico)
- [Malaysia](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/malaysia)
- [China](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/china)
- [Norway](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/norway)
- [Dominican Republic](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/dominican-republic)
- [Philippines](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/philippines)
- [Saudi Arabia](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/saudi-arabia)
- [Ukraine](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/ukraine)
- [Vietnam](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/vietnam)
- [Namibia](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/namibia)
- [Azerbaijan](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/azerbaijan)
- [Brunei](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/brunei)
- [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/brazil)
- [Belarus](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/belarus)
- [Colombia](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/colombia)
- [Algeria](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/algeria)
- [Egypt](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/egypt)
- [Hong Kong SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/hong-kong)
- [Israel](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/israel)
- [India](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/india)
- [South Korea](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/south-korea)
- [Kuwait](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/kuwait)
- [Kazakhstan](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/kazakhstan)
- [Lebanon](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/lebanon)
- [Madagascar](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/madagascar)
- [Mali](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/mali)
- [Mauritius](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/mauritius)
- [United Arab Emirates](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/united-arab-emirates)
- [Nepal](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/nepal)
- [Panama](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/panama)
- [Peru](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/peru)
- [Pakistan](https://apptail.io/app/quakewatch-cbae/pakistan)

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