Real-time Notifications
Know about earthquakes just after they happen. The ENS and TED services each offer something different, depending on your interests.
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Earthquake Notification Service (ENS)
The Earthquake Notification Service (ENS) is a free service that sends you automated notifications to your email or cell phone when earthquakes happen.
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Tweet Earthquake Dispatch (TED)
Tweet Earthquake Dispatch (TED) offers two Twitter accounts. On average, each account will produce about one tweet per day.
Real-time Feeds
To subscribe to a real-time feed, select a format (ATOM is the best choice for most), then select which feed you want from the list on that page, and copy the URL into your feed reader of choice.
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ATOM Syndication
A basic syndication format supported by a variety of feed readers. This is a good option for casually subscribing to earthquake information.
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Google Earth™ KML
This feed format is suitable for loading into applications that understand Keyhole Markup Language (KML) such as Google Earth™
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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.
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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.
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GeoJSON Summary Feed
A format for encoding a variety of geographic data structures. This feed contains a subset of the event data for the event lists. If you prefer the full suite of event data for a single event, use the GeoJSON Detail Feed.
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