Feeds & Notifications

Real-time Feeds

  • ATOM Syndication

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    A basic syndication format supported by a variety of feed readers. This is a good option for casually subscribing to earthquake information.

  • Google Earth™ KML

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    This feed format is suitable for loading into applications that understand Keyhole Markup Language (KML) such as Google Earth™

  • Spreadsheet Format

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    A simple text format suitable for loading data into spreadsheet applications like Microsoft Excel™. This is a good option for manual scientific analysis.

  • QuakeML

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    A flexible, extensible and modular XML representation of seismological data which is intended to cover a broad range of fields of application in modern seismology.

Real-time Notifications

  • Earthquake Notification Service

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    The Earthquake Notification Service (ENS) is a free service that sends you automated notifications to your email or cell phone when earthquakes happen.

  • Tweet Earthquake Dispatch

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    Tweet Earthquake Dispatch (TED) offers two Twitter accounts. On average, each account will produce about one tweet per day.

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