Seismic — Live Global Earthquake Visualizer

Seismic Visualizer

Live global earthquake activity · Data: USGS

Earthquakes from the past 24 hours (adjustable up to 7 days) plotted on a Pacific‑centred world map. Tectonic plate boundaries are shown in dark orange.

M < 3 M 3–5 M 5–6.5 M 6.5+

▶ Play Animates earthquakes chronologically. Each event ripples outward and plays a tone — small quakes ping high, large quakes boom low (M6+).

↻ Reload Fetches the latest data from USGS.

⚙ Settings Speed · Amplitude (marker size) · Time Window 1–168 h (auto-reloads on change) · Colour Palette

Settings

Time Range

Time Window 24h

Moment (UTC)

Window Position

Notable Events

Playback Settings

Playback Speed 5

Amplitude 3

Colour Palette

Sounds

Layers

ShakeMap Layer Ground shaking intensity recorded at the time of each earthquake

GNSS Layer GPS velocity arrows showing long-term tectonic plate motion

Export MIDI

BPM 120

Length

Data Credits

Earthquake data & ShakeMap

USGS Earthquake Hazards Program — real-time global seismic catalogue and intensity contour products.

Tectonic plate boundaries

Bird, P. (2003). An updated digital model of plate boundaries. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 4(3). Served via fraxen/tectonicplates.

GNSS velocity arrows

Nevada Geodetic Laboratory — MIDAS IGS14 global GPS station velocity solution.

Basemap tiles

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