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See recent earthquakes near you at a glance. Live USGS data, a count on the toolbar icon, and a list of the latest quakes nearby. QuakeWatch shows you recent earthquakes near you without opening a website. • A badge on the toolbar icon counts the earthquakes near you in the last 24 hours, refreshed every 15 minutes. • Click the icon to see the latest earthquakes nearby: magnitude, how far away, and how long ago. • Pick any of 34,000 cities, or share your location if you want. No account, no sign-up. How the numbers work: in the United States it counts earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or larger within 250 km. Elsewhere it counts magnitude 4.5 or larger within 500 km, because the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) catalogue is complete to that size worldwide but not below it. Data comes from the USGS and updates about every minute. QuakeWatch reports earthquakes after they have been recorded. It is not an earthquake early warning system and cannot warn you before shaking starts. In an emergency, follow official guidance. Privacy: your chosen place is stored only in your browser. Rounded coordinates (about 1 km) are sent to quakewatch.beer to fetch nearby earthquakes and are not stored. No ads, no analytics, no tracking in the extension.