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Data sources and credits

Open Earth runs on open data from the world's scientific agencies. Here is every feed we use, what it gives us, and whether it is reporting right now.

Feeds in use

17

Reporting normally

14 of 17

Fastest update

1 min

Earthquakes and the live map

Earth hazards

Earthquakes, volcanoes, fires, storms, floods and tsunamis.

  • EMSC SeismicPortal

    paused

    European and Mediterranean earthquake reports. Currently paused while USGS, IGN and INGV cover the region.

    Updates:
    Every 2 minutes
    Licence:
    Open data, credit EMSC
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  • GDACS Disaster Alerts

    17s ago

    Humanitarian alert levels for earthquakes, cyclones, floods, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires.

    Updates:
    Every 10 minutes
    Licence:
    Open data, credit GDACS
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  • IGN Spain

    3 min ago

    Earthquakes in Spain, the Canary Islands and nearby waters at local detail.

    Updates:
    Every 5 minutes
    Licence:
    Open data, credit IGN
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  • INGV Italy

    2 min ago

    Earthquakes in Italy and the central Mediterranean at local detail.

    Updates:
    Every 5 minutes
    Licence:
    CC BY 4.0
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  • NASA EONET

    3 min ago

    Natural events tracked by NASA: wildfires, storms, volcanic activity, landslides and more.

    Updates:
    Every 30 minutes
    Licence:
    US public domain
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  • NASA FIRMS Hotspots

    awaiting key

    Satellite fire hotspots from the MODIS and VIIRS instruments.

    Updates:
    Every 3 hours
    Licence:
    US public domain
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  • NOAA Tsunami Centres

    5 min ago

    Official tsunami warnings, advisories and information statements.

    Updates:
    Every 2 minutes
    Licence:
    US public domain
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  • USGS Earthquakes

    22s ago

    Worldwide earthquakes in near real time, with magnitude, depth, felt reports and PAGER impact alerts.

    Updates:
    Every minute
    Licence:
    US public domain
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Sky & Space

Asteroids, the Sun, aurora and rocket launches.

  • CelesTrak satellite orbits

    39 min ago

    Orbits for the ISS, Starlink and over 13,000 other satellites, used for live positions and pass times.

    Updates:
    Every 6 hours
    Licence:
    Free, credit CelesTrak
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  • JPL Asteroid Close Approaches

    11 min ago

    Asteroid and comet close approaches to Earth, back to 1900 and decades ahead.

    Updates:
    Every 6 hours
    Licence:
    US public domain
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  • JPL Sentry Impact Risk

    3 h ago

    The impact monitoring list of objects with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth.

    Updates:
    Daily
    Licence:
    US public domain
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  • Launch Library 2

    5 min ago

    Every orbital rocket launch worldwide, with providers, pads, missions and webcasts.

    Updates:
    Every 20 minutes
    Licence:
    Free tier, credit The Space Devs
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  • NASA DONKI Solar Events

    delayed

    Solar flares, coronal mass ejections and geomagnetic storms since 2010.

    Updates:
    Hourly
    Licence:
    US public domain
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  • NOAA Space Weather

    9 min ago

    The planetary Kp index, NOAA space weather scales and the aurora oval forecast.

    Updates:
    Every 15 minutes
    Licence:
    US public domain
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Reference data

Catalogues and place names that give every event its context.

  • GeoNames places import

    3 h ago

    Towns and cities used to describe where each event happened.

    Updates:
    One-off
    Licence:
    CC BY 4.0
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  • Live map snapshot

    21s ago

    Our own one-minute snapshot of every active event, used by the live map.

    Updates:
    Every minute
    Licence:
    Open Earth

  • Smithsonian GVP volcano list

    3 h ago

    The catalogue of 1,200+ Holocene volcanoes with type, elevation and eruption history.

    Updates:
    Yearly
    Licence:
    Credit Smithsonian GVP
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Weather

Conditions near events and places.

  • Weather (Open-Meteo / MET Norway)

    on demand

    Current conditions and forecasts near events and places.

    Updates:
    On demand, cached 30 min
    Licence:
    CC BY 4.0
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Method

How we turn feeds into pages

  • Collected automatically

    Each feed is checked on its own schedule, from every minute for earthquakes to daily for the impact list. Nothing is typed in by hand.

  • Duplicates merged

    When several agencies report the same event, we merge them into one page and keep the most authoritative values.

  • Placed on the map

    Every event is matched to the nearest town and country, so you can follow the places you care about.

  • Always credited

    Every page names the agency behind its numbers and links back to the original record.

Spotted something wrong?

If a location, magnitude or date looks off, tell us and we will check it against the original agency record.

Email datafix@openearth.live

Map credits

Maps use data from OpenStreetMap contributors served by OpenFreeMap.

Open Earth is an information service, not an official warning system. In an emergency, follow your national civil protection agency and local authorities.