QuakeJP

This application displays earthquakes in Japan very graphically.

Main Features

*Latest Eq.:

display latest about 50 earthquakes in Japan

*Big Eq.(2 years):

display earthquakes in magnitude 5.5 or more for two years in Japan

*Major Eq.(1900-)

display major earthquakes since 1900 in Japan

How To

*When each pin is done in the tap, details of the corresponding earthquake are displayed.

-Upper Left :magnitude of the earthquake(unit-M)

-Upper Middle:observed maximum seismic intensity

-Upper Right:the focus(unit-km)

-Left Lower :time of occurrence of the earthquake

-Right Lower:Japanese name of the focus(sorry Japanese only)

*Each pin classifies according to the scale of the earthquake.

-Over M7.0 :red color pin

-Over M6.0 :purple color pin

-Under M6.0:green color pin

With the depth of the focus, opacity is set up in three steps.

-0~50km:100%

-51~99km:80%

-100km~ or unknown:60%

*The reduced scale changes by Pinch In (Pinch Out) over the map.

*When the display period is selected, the relevant earthquake's information are displayed.

Application Consideartion

*This application can't display earthquakes in real time.

*This application uses the information of earthquakes from Japan Weather Association.

*This application can display the earthquake about 20 min. after the announcement.

*This application doesn't display the earthquake which detail is unknown.

*This application displays the depth of a shallow earthquake as 0km.

*When the earthquakes happened in the same place, each hypocenter information is displayed by tapping the same pin.

*The information about major earthquakes is referring to the book(science chronology) and the information on Wikipedia.