Earthquakes & Tsunamis

About Earthquakes & Tsunamis Android App

Earthquakes & Tsunamis live wallpaper which displays live earthquake updates from the US Geological Service (USGS). When enabled, the Earthquake Wallpaper will display an Earthquake map and will optionally deliver Tsunami alert notifications. Your wallpaper will display live earthquake location and intensity maps obtained from the USGS website (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/). The wallpaper can be configured to display a loop of recent images or a single, most-recent, image. The download refresh rate is configurable.

We've also added support for Tsunami Alerts. Choose which of several regions (US West Coast/Alaska, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Caribbean) you want to receive alerts for. Notifications of alerts will appear in your status bar and details are available in the Alert History. Alerts are obtained from the US NOAA national Weather Service feeds.

Features include:
* Optional Tsunami Alerts
* Optional Zoom setting
* Configurable update frequency
* Portrait or Landscape mode
* Can scroll with screen touch motions, of be scroll-locked

Usage:
Install application, then select as wallpaper (from Home, touch: Menu key, Wallpaper, Live wallpapers). On the Settings screen, choose your Location and any other options settings, then touch "Set wallpaper". At the home screen, the wallpaper will respond to your left/right/up/down gestures.

Image update is subject to availability of images from USGS.
Tsunami alerts are subject to availability of feeds from NOAA.

Disclaimer: Timely delivery of data and alerts by this application are dependent on the Internet and governament data providers and are not guaranteed.