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Source: U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center

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Zooms available include North, Central, and South America, Hawaii, and Europe plus some limited zooms elsewhere through the GEOSCOPE maps (which cover larger earthquakes over a longer time period).

Views available:

  • Most recent 10 events (CNSS, IRIS DMC, Univ. of Washington) external only
  • Recent global seismicity (depth colored/magnitude sized) (US Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center) inline or external
  • Past 5 years with past 15 days' events highlighted; updated every half hour; links to earthquake and station parameters and waveforms (magnitude sized, time colored, relief base) (IRIS DMC), inline only, click on the Seismic Monitor button (this link direct to the page might stay valid).
  • Past week's events from clickable list (maps through Xerox PARC; in revision) (Synapse Science Center, Russia) inline only.
  • Most recent large event with previous catalog seismicity (in Spanish) (University of Chile) external only
  • Recent global seismicity from the GEOSCOPE network, inline (with hypertext listing of 10 most recent large events) or external
  • Last 10 earthquakes reported by NEIC from IRIS via USGS Menlo Park --listing and dynamic map, inline only
  • Worldwide EQ Bulletin from USGS NEIS via USGS Menlo Park --listing and dynamic map, inline only
  • Recent NEIC locations (mapped at University of Arizona, Southern Arizona Seismic Observatory, depth colored, magnitude sized) inline or external
  • Recent global seismicity (on shaded topography) (Bureau of Reclamation, magnitude sized) inline (with additional info) or external
  • Past 2 weeks, global seismicity (depth coloring/magnitude sizing) St. Louis Univ. Earthquake Center, inline or external
  • Past 2 weeks, global seismicity, southern hemisphere view (depth coloring/magnitude sizing) St. Louis Univ. Earthquake Center, inline or external
  • Past week's seismicity (with plate boundaries) (CERI, Memphis State) external only
  • Past week's seismicity, azimuthal projection from Memphis (with plate boundaries) (CERI, Memphis State) external only
  • Recent seismicity (last 15 NEIC reported events?, with listing) via Institute for Geophysics, Victoria University at Wellington (New Zealand), external only
  • Last 4 weeks seismicity, European events emphasized (magnitude sized, time colored), (Swiss Seismological Service) inline only.
  • Past 6 month's (roughly) M>5 events (Mercator, latest highlighted), (Seismic Data Analysis Center, BGR Hannover) inline or external.
  • Past weeks M>5 events (magnitude sized, Pacific centered), (Seismological Observatory, Victoria University at Wellington), inline or external.
  • Past month's events (NEIC locations; depth colored, magnitude sized, Pacific centered) (Earthquake Research Inst., Univ. of Tokyo), external M>5.5 or external M>4.0.
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    C. H. Jones | CIRES| Dept. of Geological Sciences | Univ. of Colorado at Boulder

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