Release summary
The main goal of this release is to kick off the project and validate that it runs smoothly in real-world conditions. Not all the features I planned to implement are here yet — I'll do my best to deliver more soon. Also, the provided locations are pretty minimal right now, and a lot more are going to be added soon.
Features
So far, I've released the following features:
Global earthquakes chart (7-day, 30-day, and 100-day granulation) going back to January 2000, including:
Total number of earthquakes per granulation period.
Total released energy per granulation period.
Average released energy per event per granulation period.
Average depth per granulation period.
Average energy-weighted depth (treating released energy like mass for the weighting) per granulation period.
All of the above are available for:
All earthquakes — for the overall picture.
All earthquakes below M 6.0 — to remove the overshadowing energetic influence of strong earthquakes.
Earthquake Swarms — detection, tracking, and full geological/historical context articles for each swarm's location. You can read more here.
M 7.0+ dedicated pages — full geological/historical context articles and historical charts (from 2000) for the event's area.
Monthly aggregated news going back to January 2000, including:
News feed — ongoing updates on M 6.0+ quakes, swarm starts and ends, and daily summaries.
All M 5.0+ earthquakes.
All swarms that intersect with a specific month (in any way).
Earthquake charts — all relevant events with their magnitude and depth over time, plus released energy over time.
Moon phase distribution — by number of events, released energy, and average released energy per event.
Locations
There are three types of locations:
Volcanoes. So far, the following are tracked: Mount Rainier, Cumbre Vieja, and Vesuvius. Many more are coming soon.
Supervolcanoes. Currently, I'm tracking Yellowstone and Campi Flegrei. A few more will be added in the next release.
Regions. Right now only the Canary Islands are included, but plenty more are waiting to be added.
Origin
The origin of the project is a very simple system I developed for my own use back in 2022. It tracked solar activity (which is still a potential candidate for adding here too, though I doubt any correlation with seismicity will be found), significant earthquakes, and news about viruses. The system ran on a daily basis and sent me reports via email.
Somewhere in 2024, solar activity and viruses left my field of interest. At the same time, I decided to build a system that tracks seismicity much more deeply. The email reports gradually evolved into a simple private website that provided historical context, tracked significant earthquakes, and detected quake swarms (which I saw back then as localized seismicity spikes).
In the middle of 2025 it became really useful for me, so I decided to take the plunge and create a public website. Since I'm originally a former backend developer mostly experienced in automation, it took some time to dive into web development. After a year of sleepless nights (the only time I have for my own projects), I decided to release the site as it is and continue development based on real user feedback.
Considering post-publishing integrations and fine-tuning, I expect the next release in two or three weeks. What I'm going to add:
Supervolcanoes: Kikai Caldera, Taupō, Toba.
Volcanoes: Etna, Krakatau, Pinatubo, Popocatépetl, St. Helens, Tambora.
Regions: Maritime Southeast Asia (because of its size and outstanding activity, I expect this region to be quite a challenge to handle).
List of changes — what's been done, what's under development, and what's planned for locations and features.
Also, I'm going to start a proof of concept for the Moon-Sun Gravitational Vector Distribution feature, which will be released later.