QuakeFeed Earthquake Tracker Reviews

by Caitym10

I downloaded QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker and configured my alerts only to receive an alert for Mexico not even five minutes later. I don't live near Mexico and it was not a part of my alert settings that I configured. When I went back in to change the notification settings I received multiple errors saying QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker couldn't connect to the notification server. I tried multiple times and when I did finally get in there was a new notification configured that I didn't set up. When I tried to delete it it said the same thing about not being able to connect to the notification server. The ads were unexpected to just show up after I clicked on something and pretty annoying to have to wait five seconds to get to what I clicked on. One extra star because I could limit my notification to only the state I live in. But ultimately QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker doesn't work. And maybe given more than 10 minutes QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker would work, but I had it set up and something happened to make it not work.

by Mauroblackcat

I have been using QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker for about a year and it has been very useful. The latest release seems to have dropped the option to open map to “last location”, which makes it very annoying if I’m not interested in the “Ring of Fire” or even “my current location”. If I want to monitor what’s happening in some area in the Caribbean (and I am not there), i’d like to zoom into into it and be able to go back the next time I open QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker . This used to work, but doesn’t anymore! In addition, I just noticed that the map view doesn’t show a landscape view when you rotate the phone. I remember being able to rotate the phone and take nice screenshots.

by Krinko

I pay to have the ads removed and the latest update failed to alert me of an earthquake nearby! There was an earthquake outside of Columbia, SC yesterday and I’m less than 100 miles away and I didn’t even get an alert. Found out on social media! Also if I select the wildfire map the only way to get back to the earthquake map you have to exit the application! Needless to say… don’t slide to the wildfire map! Also what happened to the volcano map!? Devs… please fix these.. it’s the reason we pay to support you!!

Update to three stars for prompt developer response, and the options are available but not easily found without watching/reading a tutorial. I haven’t had an earthquake near me so I can’t tell if the alerts are working! Nevertheless, the ap is now back to how I had it minus alerts! Will give more stars after alerts and ease of use. I recommend supporting the developers even if QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker needs a little more user friendly changes as they are responsive and hard working!!

by Miid-2007MBPgeriatricWarrior!

I used to really like Quakefeed as a quick, reliable emergency alert source for quake information & notifications (does that well still), but they've more recently decided to add ANNOYING popup, full-page advertisements that blocks access to critical features and setting options -- even putting up an "open" option that is masking a hyperlink to the stupid ad's company page.
It then forces you to SHUTDOWN QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker and RE-START it to get the info or settings you originally wanted to use...oh, and CLOSE the IRRITATING hyperlinked ad page popping up on our browsers, too! Just wholly engineered DETOUR programming!

Maybe it is a way to get us app users to buy the "upgrade" to their AD-FREE "Premium App Service," but pulling this kind of online BOTTLE-NECKING of its emergency information is NOT an effective way to convince us CONSUMERS for their premium app! Tsk, tsk...

by DanielWFisher

I live near Portland, OR, and am wary of the big 9+ event happening along the Cascadia Subduction zone, or even the 7+ event that could happen along Mt Hood. Granted no one knows if Cascadia will just break loose without warning but I’d like to think there will be lots of tremors before it goes. QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker is great for seeing fault behavior on a day to day basis around the world, if you’re so inclined to observe in that way. I get alerts that I customized based on distance from you, region, and magnitude. A 3.0 earthquake happened in Sumatra? I don’t care. A 7.5 magnitude happens in the same place? I’d like to know. That said QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker does not present real time data. It’s typically 15 minutes or so after the event. If I had a perceptible quake in my area, I’d feel it and then 15 minutes later the alert pops up. Oh gee, thanks. So it is not a usable warning technology. I’m sure that would depend on the use of better GPS sensors right on the faults themselves, which hopefully we’ll have in place one day.

by Spacer Brain

Outstanding app!!! This is always up to date at the moment it happens. When the Nepal quake hit I new it was going to be bad due to its rating. QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker allows us non-profits to be ahead of the rest of society to provide support readiness before anyone else. We are asked "how did you know and get so prepared when it just happened?"
Only future upgrade I would like to see is a yearly layering option of 1, 2, 5,10, 20, 50, and 100 years if at all possible. With the option of current alerts magnitudes. This would allow some research to be done.
Brutus

by Colebean99

QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker is one to get because it gives great facts; the alerts are very accurate and is very precise. If you want to get the best feed on earth quakes this is QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker for you. But their is one exception that I have to make. I live in the united state and I try to find the New Madrid seismic zone so I can see where it is located and see what states it goes through but I can't find it. It would be great if they could implement the new Madrid seismic zone so people can see where it is and what states it goes through. Over all this is a good app for anyone to use and it is a fun app to get so "Hurry up and get it" !

by Brinnlit

Living in the Eastern Sierra of California I have followed geologic activity for a very long time. I’ve use QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker since it first came out and I can’t begin to think the developers enough. My mom is a retired registered geologist and gets excited and asks me, “what magnitude was that?!”
We have felt the majority of these recent earthquakes in California. And living in a very old structure, it’s always nice to know that we are still standing even though we had something over 4.0 🙂I highly recommend QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker. It’s simple, it’s accurate, and it can tell you about earthquakes worldwide

by VeryGrumpyOne

I have used QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker for many years now, and it does not disappoint. Simple, straightforward, clickable, and direct linked to USGS. A very small fee makes it ad-free, and gives you extra alerts; handy if like me you live in earthquake country.

It will of course not warn you, but during the last quake we had here, it was peace of mind to know within 60 seconds (while quake was still going) where the epicenter was, the magnitude; and a quick tap gives the type of quake and specific fault line.

If you live in quake country and want a great app, or if you are just curious; look no further, get this one.

Their support as well as their app has been consistently good over the years. No fuss, no mess.

Thank you QuakeFeed for delivering an app that has stood the test of time.

PS: To those curious, I believe I first installed it in -13. So long ago it is hard to remember. Either way I’ve had it on my devices forever.

by Brigette10

Last night at 1:13 am my daughter ran
In my room . MOM!! Did you feel that!!
I was actually sound asleep and didn’t feel a thing..l checked my Quakefeed app immediately only to find out the epicenter for the quake was less than 1/2 a mile from my home in Hayward.. Next city over is Union City a 2.6 happened. She said she heard the house crack. So of course this morning l will be outside checking my foundation and outer walls. Needless to say l did not get much sleep last night and don’t plan on it tonight either. The quake was shallow and no aftershocks so there’s always the possibility of more quakes to come !!

by Suzanna Catherine

This is absolutely the best earthquake app I've used and I believe I've tried most of them! I don't currently live in an active quake zone, but still have close family and friends in Alaska, California (think San Andreas fault), Washington State (think Cascadia fault), and New Zealand (within shaking distance of Wellington.). You could say I'm obsessed by earthquakes.

The support for QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker is excellent. Questions answered and suggestions welcomed. Response time is excellent as well.

If I could give it more than 5 stars, I would. Be sure to buy the Ad Free version. It's well worth the 99 cent price!

A Happy User of QuakeFeed

Survivor of Good Friday Earthquake. Me, too!! What a day that was!! Was 18.5 yrs old and all my family was in WA and CALIF. They couldn’t reach me and I couldn’t reach them. When my mother finally did get through to me (on Easter Sunday) she was just before driving up the ALCAN hwy to search for me.

Mamas are like that! That was a LONG weekend! Drives my interest in earthquakes to this day!!!

by "All Shook Up"

Addicted to QUAKEFEED! Completely “OVER THE MOON” with the many features of QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker!

QUAKEFEED has immediate USGS Govt EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI warnings, with “direct links to the USGS reporting site” for more information. Countries, Regions, & States are programmable to “a QUAKES intensity, multiple strengths/magnitudes”, with text Notifications if you want them. QUAKEFEED has a NEWS link for the latest information, good graphics & choice of map display, including the “Ring of Fire”. The QF APP is easy to read, program and understand. The Magnitude QUAKE levels, includes time, “distance from my location and depth of QUAKE”, city & state... Very Accurate! Notifications are AWESOME!... immediate EARTHQUAKE text alerts with sounds, including TSUNAMI, can save your life! Various EMERGENCY information available, including EMERGENCY SURVIVAL KITS that you can purchase. AD FREE version available. LOVE! ♥️

by News Frenzy

Quakefeed is the answer to the question - was that just an earthquake ? I searched through many apps of this type and always came back to Quakefeed. It’s hands down the best. I showed it to a friend in Alaska where they have lots of activity and now they have it too and love it. Would be great if the developer came up with more apps since they have a knack for creating. I would definitely recommend everyone download this. One note - I set mine to only warn me about quakes over 5.0 because every single one in the world was a little too much for me to keep track of. Now I get notified only on the big ones 5 and over.

by Jib_it

This is a great informative application, even if you are or aren’t extremely interested in active volcanoes or wild fires. This is a great tool for tracking, learning about where, when and severity of the increasingly frequent geological activities around the world. All of the volcanoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis and wildfires are shown on an easy to use interface and can send you warnings if you are in a place where you could be in danger. This is a great application and is worth the yearly subscription price. The only thing I wish they could add to QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker is some sort of winter storm tracking. No matter what, very great application to have!

by Free2worship

Update: My notifications are working again after installing the Apple iOS update.

I have used QuakeFeed for several years and love it...But the notifications have stopped working the past few months.
I have worldwide notifications ON and have always received notifications in a timely manner. Tonight I saw on the new that there was a 7.6 earthquake near Honduras and I checked QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker . All my notifications are ON and while the quakes are in QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker they are no longer notifying me. I have always had my location OFF to save battery life, but this has never affected worldwide notifications unless something has changed.
Giving it three stars until I find out if notifications will work again.

by AlaskaBarb

I live in Southcentral Alaska, site of the strongest (9.2) earthquake in North America, second only to the 9.5 Chilean earthquake of 1960. Anyone living along the Ring of Fire should have an earthquake app for safety. You can customize alerts any way you want- by magnitude, distance, date, etc, so you won’t be alerted for events that don’t interest you.

My feedback is for the “Erupting Volcanos” feature.
While a little red pyramid is fine for active (rather than dormant or extinct) volcanoes, it would be helpful to have more information, at a glance, on the volcanoes which are actively erupting.

For example, the Las Palmas (Canary Islands) volcano is in the midst of a violent, destructive eruption, but the icon is no different than hundreds of other active volcanos.
Maybe active volcanoes could have a green icon and erupting ones red or something. Also, there could be a blurb of current information when one clicks on the icon, other than to simply give its size, coordinates, and a link.
Basic information about the current eruption could be on the info page, the same as with earthquakes, without having to click on a web URL

by Kelbel2u

I’ve lived in SoCal since the 60’s & I will never get used to the earthquakes ~ they scare the crap out of me. Now we have CRAZY WILDFIRES! I usually go to USGS website for info when I think I’ve felt something (yes, I’m old, lol) ~ mainly because it’s so difficult finding any news out of Orange County!
I found QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker when I bought my first iPhone, and loved how easy it was to use! With the consistent drought in the west ~ with no end in sight ~ and the record breaking fires we now have to live with, there’s NO REASON NOT TO PAY FOR the PREMIUM VERSION of QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker!! It’s super easy to set up & use. It’s completely user friendly & can be customized for your particular needs! It will alert me only for what I want. I haven’t found any downside to QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker. They’re working on new features to make it even better than it already is! The ONLY thing I would suggest is for more Map options in premium, but that’s only because I get bored.
If you live in a drought area…
If you live in a fire area…
If you live on or near a fault zone…
If you just want to stay informed on these things…
Buy the Premium Version of QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker! It’s GREAT!

by Indianamamoo

Love to look at QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker ! Always interested in earthquakes and as Nother app user said something is making many more happen around the world ? Is it global warming , HARRP ,or just what our earth does every so many years ? Wish QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker would talk little more bout that but overall I love it look at it everyday even tho in Indiana where I live we don't have many ? But one question is that we do have a fault line near us the New Madrid n has caused some quakes since I've been alive but nothing bad . But in many years b4 this fault has caused some very large ones ! Just wondered why this fault isn't on map ? Other than that I love QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker & would recommend anyone with interest in quakes defiantly get it !!!! Ty for all the great info!!!!!

by Sequoia Tom

I have been using QuakeFeed for about 5 years now. I started using it when I saw an ad for it and thought, what a novel idea. I probably don’t know how to use every feature but what I do use works perfectly every time. It has never crashed and never failed to give plenty of details about every quake on earth.

I have mine set to alert me to any quake 6.0 or higher. All number it gives out are true except those in the states. But I believe the USGS downplays all US quakes by .3 to make them sound lighter than the actual. That happens regularly. Example, QuakeFeed alerts me to a 7.4 in Alaska, ten minutes later the USGS says it was a 7.1, so thats all I can say about that.

Please keep up the good work. And Thank you for a great product

by Themorgant

When the ground shakes and friends and family are at risk, QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker is usually sending me timely, accurate and dependable information. I have known of major quakes within minutes and been on the phone warning my friends in Crescent City, California and Hawaii that they need to get ready to evacuate to higher ground to avoid tsunami waves that threaten their lives and property.
I know that when the ground quakes and the seas roar I will be ahead of 99.9%+ of the world with the facts.
When events require an emergency response and I'm not personally there I have QuakeFeed to give me fast accurate data I can depend on!
A must-have if you and your family or your business and finances are affected by the Act Of GOD known as a major EARTHQUAKE!

by DmitriK1984

It crashed on the last 3 iphones i had when no one could help me with the phone the o ly solution to them was buy a new so i did the most recent version and after all the trouble and misery of setting up the new device and at first with this beong the only downloaded application the ensure there would be no software conflict it still does the same thing crash and no one can tell me why when i got to the most recent version of the phone and it still crashed a service reprisentative had the nerve to tell me to buy a newer phone but there is not a newer version and 1.1 million die in china over the effects/pollution of making any " smart phone " among other products like those awful bluetooth speakers that sound like an old stereo from the 1970's

by Bgdreyer

I live in a state that gets a dozen or so earthquakes a year. The area had a huge one back in the 1800’s, so I always want to know what’s going on around us. I like to know about big ones around the world because they can impact such large areas. However, QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker information isn’t always accurate and it sometimes lists the same earthquake multiple times because it is felt a long distance from the epicenter. But that is fairly easy to sort out and I would rather thank an 8.0 hit somewhere and find out it was really a 6.5 than to not know at all. In all, it’s a great app.

by BigRapidsBean

I like QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker a lot and I have to say that the alert system works great. I was warned about the 7.1 mag quake that hit California before I saw anything on the news. I also like the exacting detail of each recorded quake and shock. Would be great if there was a map that showed dots for epicenters and perhaps clustering rings. With the GPS last and Kong’s that you already have, that should be an easy addition.
With clustering you could give early warnings in advance if the tremors show an outbreak or magnitude longer rising. That could help people get prepared in advance.
Great app but please add the global map with plots. Thanks for developing this.

by Chiefy02

This feed only pulls from the USGS which is proving very unreliable... QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker needs to start pulling real time info from other global agencies and countries.

Don't waste your time here as they continue to only pull from the USGS which isn't reporting all earthquakes, makes it impossible to track earthquakes if you only pull from one unreliable feed..... I will most likely delete QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker!!

So I was contacted by QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker developer who shared they do have other feeds other than the USGS, only problem yuh can only choose one feed at a time, they need to make it so you can use multiple feeds at once!

by Caribbean Jim

You can set up zones to watch for earthquake activity, in a number of easily configurable ways, or choose from defaults. QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker can notify you according to various parameters you establish, or not at all. It has links to all sorts of earthquake related information, from geology to preparedness. All that any non-seismologist could ever want to know, and super easy to use. If you have any risk at all from seismic activity, get this. If you're just curious, this is so easy to use it's a no-brainer. On top of all that, it is free and has ads that are unobtrusive and easily tolerated. It is a public service.

by Rtkean

QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker has to be one of the best in its class for reporting seismic action around the globe. It is easy to use and delivers great reporting immediately after the event. Its filters allow the user multiple ways to sort and view the data. There is a varied assortment of maps and with ease one can scroll around the area affected by the earthquake making it a fun and attractive App to use. Best in its class.

I recommend adding the ability to sort three ways; and, more ways to choose an area and save the configuration for monitoring.

by NorthwestChickie

I have had QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker for many years. It is amazing and I love it. It always hear about the earthquakes before they are on the news. The map shows exactly where it is. It also shows the ring of fire. And many other really great features. I have noticed that this last year has had far more greater earthquakes than I’ve seen in the last 10 years. I usually had it set at 6.0 and for years there have been very few really. And now they are happening on a weekly basis!

by Shadowpixy

I’ve been using QuakeFeedEarthquakeTracker for years. I live in Alaska. We get quakes. A LOT of them. And often. The most recent notable one was the 7.0 on November 30, 2018 (it was reported as a 7.0 but that is an average of all of the points. In the area where I live, the data read to 8.0 to 8.2). Since then, we have had hundreds of aftershocks, (I don’t know when they stop being called aftershocks and go back to being called tremors); but there are still a significant number of shakers daily. I have noticed that I don’t get the notification for a shaker that we just had, until 6 to 10 minutes after it happened. With the realization that knowing sooner isn’t going to change the fact that the shaker just happened, it still seems a little unreasonable for there to be that much of a time lapse to get the information. For tsunami warnings and any other emergency information, 6 to 10 minutes can be fatal.

by Glass Flute

Like a previous commenter, I need every feed available simultaneously for earthquake reports. Sometimes the USGS appears to double a notification (I guess?) unless double quakes are occurring...? Thanks developers, I hope you continue to improve the integration with other sources.
Update: thank you for YOUR feedback! I live in California and just like to see patterns...be alerted when patterns emerge. Don't know if what I'm wanting to see is specific to our region, you know?