LastQuake Reviews

by Grrey2357

I was pleased with LastQuake before. Then we had a 6.7 near us and LastQuake quit working! I was wanting to monitor after-shocks but could only get the spinning wheel. Looking for a new app. I do not recommend this one. Found out they are a not for profit organization. I will raise my rating to three stars, but you have to be able to handle the traffic! When we need you most after an earthquake LastQuake needs to work! Going back to a one star rating. The spinning wheel is all you get when you are affected by a quake near you. Don’t bother with this until it is fixed!

by Hot In The Desert

I like LastQuake but I wish I would get notifications for quakes for my area ONLY, with a warning sound. I don’t need to know there was a large earthquake in Indonesia.. I’m in the Southern California desert. I do like how the map shows more earthquakes worldwide than USGS shows, but I wish they were better color coded by size and timeline like they are on USGS. Overall it’s a good app, but I was looking for an app to give me an alert for quakes in my area, which it has sometimes, but like I said, I don’t need to know about earthquakes worldwide. I can look at the map and see for myself. If the San Andres or surrounding faults are acting up near me and I need to prepare, that’s when I want a heads up!

by Gemznbeadz

I like having LastQuake to get important information about earthquakes like magnitude, location, and depth but it frequently does not notify me of earthquakes near me. It does tell me about strong earthquakes around the world, but seems to ignore my loval settings inconsistently, not notifying me more often than it does. However, I am happy with the information it provides even if I have to go and find it myself.

by AcaciaJE

I always keep LastQuake for earthquakes up. It is organized very well. I can quickly see where the most recent earthquakes are all over the world. When I lived in an area that had earthquakes I reported a couple. I was not ever aware that there were so many earthquakes happening all over the world until I used LastQuake. It has opened my eyes to how many and some are big. It has been educational.

by MB Goldie

I love LastQuake! Especially living in California-if I feel an earthquake I immediately go to LastQuake to find the details. It is remarkable how quickly they have the data. I also like that you can see information on earthquakes worldwide. I have also contributed data through the “I felt an earthquake “ section.

by Terri808

9 times out of 10 my first earthquake reports comes from this app before any of the other earthquake apps do.
I really like how they show the region and the area and place dots next to all areas that take the time to post an I felt an earthquake

by Eepisski

Okay but would like to see earthquake depths and locations from me in feet and miles

Update. Developers got to me and answered my question within days. Thank you and hope for further updates for LastQuake and other apps in emsc family

by Geo Buff

This is a really interesting and informative app that reports on earthquakes throughout the world. It’s easy to change data parameters to include only earthquakes in a specific area. It also allows users to describe how an earthquake in their general area felt to them.

by Epirioti

Font size of the text (at the right of Magnitude) giving details like how many minutes before the quake happened need to be a little bigger, because while color characters on a non-dark background are less readable than dark color characters on white background.

by Darth Yeti

I had LastQuake for a couple of years now and I recommend it to everyone I know, but recently I noticed that notifications are taking too long to be updated in Puerto Rico. The last notification arrived almost 20 minutes after the shake ended. Please correct this issue.

by M. Terrington

We experience regular earthquakes in our area. It’s important for me to know where the epicenter is located. I get notification through LastQuake fairly fast. I’ve been using LastQuake for a few years and will continue using it and reporting data.

by Thornravenstar

LastQuake is amazing. this app is the most comprehensive guide for tracking earthquakes and gathering information once they happen. It even warns for tsunamis which I have never seen in any other app. People can post what they felt, how long it lasted, ultimately giving scientists more realtime data than just what they read on seismometers.

by Bgwnr

this app is the best of several apps I’ve tried to get good, up-to-date info on earthquakes. I live in California, so this is important to me. You can customize it to only notify you of quakes above a certain strength. During July 2019, when there was a series of earthquakes in southern Calif, it was the first app to notify me and provided good maps and even reports from users in SoCal who experienced shaking.

by Steinyl

Before I had LastQuake, I had no idea there was at least one earthquake per day in California. It’s just interesting to know what is happening in the world around you. It also has a great feature where you can send information such as did you feel it and how strong did it feel to you. Highly recommended.

by Bigtom1969

So Kool being able to get almost real time alerts of earthquakes. Wished I had LastQuake while growing up in the high desert in California. Would have made a huge difference with all the earthquakes we had while I was growing up. We didn’t have cellphones so but still would have been great to have. Appreciate these people for LastQuake thank you.

by Tosgo

very happy I got LastQuake. I live in an earthquake prone zone, and LastQuake has given me a lot of accurate information about earthquakes, esp in my area. It’s very helpful in trying to plan for the next big one, which we are assured will come. I lived through the 1990s huge earthquake in Los Angeles, and I certainly don’t want to be as unplanned as we were in those days. I would recommend this earthquake app to everyone.

by Ivana_brekalo

Wonderful app! Nice interface, very easy rating of quake intensity (good for when uou’re literally shaken up), fast. Can sometimes crash after a big quake due to too many people trying to access it, but then I just look at their twitter feed which is connected to LastQuake and website, and still get all the info! Keep up the great work y’all!!

by Kozjak720

this app has been a surge of prompt, reliable information during the Albanian earthquakes. It helped to restore some sense of control to have the knowledge and insight that LastQuake provides during a time of such uncertainty.

A side benefit - As anyone who has lived through earthquakes knows, “phantom quakes” (imagined shaking) can feel quite real. It was nice to be able to quickly open LastQuake to see when it’s all in my head!

by Ki51

A couple of years ago when Kilauea started erupting my journey with earthquakes began.. volcanos led me to this earthquake app. Immediate up to date information is given and I enjoy reading the comments from the people who have actually experienced any earthquake movement that has happened.
Good maps gives the precise location of the earthquake and range. Well worth the upgrade!

by Swissarmyw

After a big quake in my city, LastQuake helped me track the aftershocks. It was reassuring to be able to see right away if the rumbling was a quake or construction noise. It’s also been reassuring to see how alive the crust is - a quake somewhere in the world every day. It helps me to feel part of something bigger, instead of feeling isolated in my panic!

by Nanitacuta

I live in Alaska and how can we felt earthquakes that LastQuake never mention. Earthquakes that shake my house very quick ones but when I visit that to check how grater was the earthquake I never find. I think if we felt the shake it’s because was on the 4 or 5s. Then I think this site needs to be improved. Thanks.

by Lulupri

After the recent California earthquakes, I realized that LastQuake is a great citizens science tool when so many people reported their experience from the epicenter to over a hundred miles away in all directions. The comments add another dimension of feedback to data gathered from detectors.

by Sensor Nut

Quick, no nonsense, accurate reporting as accurate as the sensors could provide...I received earthquake notices from yesterday’s California earthquakes (July 4, 2019) as soon as it occurred well before anybody did, including the typical media outlets

by AutomaticCandy

Just downloaded since my state is having quakes lately. LastQuake reports them quickly and has a lot of data and a place to share comments with USGS and other users.

by Teachevans81

Been living in two earthquake prone countries for the last five years. LastQuake has kept me up to date and when and how big the quakes were. Fastest app there is for updates on what’s happening around the world.

by Eskr

I love LastQuake! I was in Ojai, Ca this month visiting a friend and felt like her log cabin home was moving n making cracking noises. She said that was common. immediately I received a notification that Ojai had just had an earthquake!! News didn’t have it that quickly!! Thank you for this excellent app!!

by Eric_the_Red

Can be set to notify you of earthquakes in your area, with location map and responses from others. You can enter your own info on whether and how strongly you felt event, with more text if you want. This is posted to the event for others.

by Lawjwcc

I love LastQuake. I live in Northern California an extremely active seismic area where having accurate knowledge of current earthquakes can provide me with info to determine what is in the near future for my area. United States Geographical Survey ( USGS ) is not dependable/responsible for accurate reporting so I rely heavily on this agency and am so grateful for all it’s options.

by ElishevaWeitzman

I’m a California resident, so LastQuake is a must. Tracks seismic activity and records earthquakes by category — “Significant,” “Near Me,” and “All.” Gives precise geographic location coordinates and measurement of recorded seismic activity. Color coded to indicate severity of quake. An icon with a wave inside a triangle appears whenever a tsunami warning is issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Association.

by Cali1967

Live in CA and often smaller earthquakes not reported on news. Now I know how frequent we have them, no matter how small. Another interesting component is the frequency, size and large span of locations. Learning my geography something I love!