QuakeJP

About QuakeJP Android App

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.