LiveQuakes is a free, real-time earthquake tracker: the map and list below are pulled live from the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program GeoJSON feeds and update automatically, with filters for magnitude, time range, and place. It's also home to a growing community seismometer network — anyone with a Raspberry Shake, DIY sensor, or similar device can register it and report readings alongside the official USGS data.
Own a seismometer — a Raspberry Shake, a DIY sensor, anything that reports ground motion? Register it and it shows up on the map above alongside official USGS data. Amplitude is a relative, unitless trigger strength (0–1000) rather than a calibrated physical unit, since contributed hardware varies widely. Need hardware? Here's a working DIY build (Pi Pico 2 W + LSM6DSOX) you can copy — source and wiring on GitHub.
Yes, the earthquake data itself is: LiveQuakes fetches the public GeoJSON feeds published by the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program directly in your browser and displays them as-is. LiveQuakes the website isn't affiliated with or endorsed by USGS — it's an independent, free viewer for their public data.
By default every minute, but you can set auto-refresh to every 30 seconds or every 5 minutes, turn it off, or hit Refresh manually at any time.
Yes. Viewing the live map and event list is free with no account needed. A free Google sign-in is only required if you want to register your own seismometer with the community station network.
Yes — a Raspberry Shake, a DIY accelerometer-based sensor, or anything else that can detect ground motion and make an HTTPS request. Sign in and register a station in the Community Stations section below to get an API key, then have your device POST trigger events to it. Registered stations show up on the map as diamond markers alongside official USGS quakes. Building your own from scratch? Here's a working example: a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W + LSM6DSOX accelerometer running an STA/LTA shake detector, reporting straight into this network — source and wiring on GitHub.
No. "Near me" distance filtering runs locally in your browser using your device's geolocation API — your position is never sent to LiveQuakes or stored anywhere.