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Quakeshakes
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Version
2.2
Quakeshakes turns your home computer into a seismic
monitoring station and shows you recent worldwide
earthquake activity in the past hour, day or week,
giving you a dramatic visual record of the many quakes
that strike the planet every day.
Quakeshakes taps into the near-live data feed of a
worldwide network of sesimic sensors maintained by the
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) which updates every 30
minutes. A giant 8.7 quake with tsunmai waves rocks
the South Pacific and chances are you'll know about it
before it hits the news
Quakeshakes is not just a static monitoring station.
It is packed with overlay options and educational
features designed to teach you more. Explore the
earth's tectonic plates boundaries. Learn about the
earth's "hot spots" and see for yourself where
earthquakes are most likely to occur.
You get a choice of map views, a zoom option that lets
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