California earthquake database. That is always the ultimate goal to serve society and reduce earthquake hazards androids built in system works similarly to myshake. Long valley los angeles san francisco index map big earthquake list all earthquake list glossary of terms. Maps are updated within 1 5 minutes of an earthquake or once an hour.
Geological survey usgs and the southern california earthquake center scec. Accelerometers in every phone detect shaking and send the data to google which uses massive processing to determine the pattern and estimate the spread of shaking. The southern california earthquake data center scedc is the archive of the southern california seismic network scsn.
Non usgs sites that host various geophysical geodetic and geologic data pertinent to earthquake studies. Its primary mission is to distribute data recorded or processed by the scsn. Big earthquakes all earthquakes magnitude.
By selecting an earthquake you can see a map of the area and intensity of shaking from that earthquake. Noaa earthquake data and information. It is funded by the us.
Welcome to the historic earthquake online database this website displays the felt effects for selected historical california earthquakes. To get url for a search click the search button then copy the url from the browser address bar. Scecdc southern california earthquake data center.
Anss comprehensive earthquake catalog comcat documentation developers corner library of functions and wrapper scripts for accessing and using tools for the neic. For new earthquakes until a magnitude is determined takes 4 5 minutes. Californias chances of being struck by a powerful earthquake dubbed the big one have been elevated following a succession of small quakes us geological survey usgs data suggests.
Iris incorporated research institutions for seismology. An average of 234 earthquakes with magnitudes of 30 to 40 occur each year in california and nevada according to a recent three year data sample. Us and world usgsneic national earthquake information center northern california ucb university of california berkeley southern california caltech california institute of.
Ncedc northern california earthquake data center. Most recent earthquakes are at the top of this list.