About
A real-time viewer for Iceland's earthquakes and GPS ground deformation. The goal is to make the context of seismic activity (location, depth, age, and magnitude) easier to grasp at a glance. The 2D map and 3D scene stay in sync, and an optional Ground motion layer shows how GPS stations are moving, both as arrows on the map and as charts for individual stations.
What you can do
- Browse earthquakes from the last hour up to a full year.
- Filter by magnitude or review status, and highlight recent activity.
- Toggle Ground motion to see GPS station velocities and vertical uplift over 30, 90, 180 day or 1 year windows, and a badge flags stations drifting from their baseline.
- Every view, filter, and selected station lives in the URL. Copy the link, share the view.
- Available in Icelandic and English.
Data Source
Earthquake and GPS time-series data provided by Veðurstofa Íslands (Icelandic Meteorological Office), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Some of the data may be preliminary and subject to revision.
Terrain data from Terrain Tiles.
Privacy
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Contact
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About the author
I've long been interested in visualizing earthquakes, and earthquakes.is is a side project I work on in my spare time. I'd be grateful for any feedback, ideas, or comments. Find me on X at @baerinq.