Feeds and Notifications

Real-time Feeds

• ATOM Syndication

  

  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

  

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

• Spreadsheet Format

  

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

• QuakeML

  

  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

  

  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

  

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

For Developers

• API Documentation - EQ Catalog
• GeoJSON Summary Feed
• GeoJSON Detail Feed
• Change Log
• Feed Lifecycle Policy
• Developers Corner - tools for obtaining specific products from earthquake catalog
• Glossary - Earthquake Catalog Data Terms
• Mailing List - Announcements
• Mailing List - Forum/Questions