Live EarthQuake Monitors – Data, Maps and Realtime Info John Konrad Total Views: 762 January 30, 2009 The Exploratorium brings us live earthquake monitor and mapping links ! Normally I wouldn’t cut an paste so much info but in light of messages I’ve received from mariners worried about their families, here it is: Southern California Integrated GPS Network Mapsurfer Mapsurferer is an interactive mapping system that allows visitors to overlay different layers of information on a map of California. These layers include seismic stations, highways, geological features, major faults, and more. While information about the Bay Area and northern California is available, this map focuses on southern parts of the state. Quakes in the last 7 days: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program The USGS has many maps of live earthquake data. This section lets visitors see quakes that have occurred anywhere in the world in the last week. You can also focus on geographic regions. Zooming in to a specific quake, you reach a page with specific data and links to the area’s seimic and quake damage history Shake map of California and Nevada showing fault lines These maps are nice illustrations of the fact that earthquakes occur along faults. You can click the small boxes to zoom in and get more details on specific quakes Did you feel it? Seismometers can measure shaking, but how much does that reflect what people actually feel? On this site, people in the area of a quake can report their experiences to the USGS, and the results are made into a map. This can be compared with other shake maps for the same quake that were generated from seismometer data. IRIS Seismic Monitor IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology) has developed their Seismic Monitor that offers data about quake in near realtime, lets you search the Web for information about them, and view seismograms. Real-time seismograms Recorded by stations in the Northern California Seismic Network, these seismograms update every 5