I was spoilt for choice this week trying to decide which my favourite “App of the Week” was. It was a there horse race at the start of the weekend, but eventually I decided to go for “Earthquake” by Reto Meier.

This is a great App that takes information from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) such as quake location, magnitude, damage radius etc and then overlays the info onto Google Maps.

You can configure the app so that it only displays data on quakes above a certain magnitude. There is an option to PUSH an alert to you if your location is within the rumble range of a quake. The refresh rate is also configurable with times ranging from every 5 minutes to once a day.

In all honesty living in Blackburn, Lancashire this app is more of a novelty than a necessity, though I have felt two earthquakes here in the last 10 years. Maybe if I was in San Diego or Los Angeles I might have a more practical use for the app, but it is still interesting to see just how many quakes take place every day all over the world where continental and oceanic plates are pushing against each other.

It’s free so you have nothing to lose, go on download it today and give it a whirl. You never know, you might just feel the Earth move! One last thing before I go, if you do use it take a look at North Korea. Zoom in as far as you can and see what happens, it’s very interesting.

Have you ever been in an earthquake? Why not leave me and our other readers a comment?