QCN | The Quake-Catcher Network

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Request a sensor and join the Quake-Catcher Network! If your not interested in being a host, you can also donate a senor to a k-12 school!

On March 9, two graduate students flew to Chile to begin installing 100 QCN sensors in the region affected by the recent M8.8 earthquake. We hope to record many of the aftershocks that are still occurring in the area.

Watch the informational videos!

We understand the Quake Catcher Network can be confusing, but don't worry because we've made some animated videos to explain how it all works!

Check out the new sensors!

The new O-NAVI sensors have been received and are ready to ship!

Regional Arrays & Free Sensors

You can receive a free sensor to monitor for earthquakes if your computer is within one of our regional arrays.

The Quake-Catcher Network

The Quake-Catcher Network is a collaborative initiative for developing the world’s largest, low-cost strong-motion seismic network by utilizing sensors in and attached to internet-connected computers. With your help, the Quake-Catcher Network can provide better understanding of earthquakes, give early warning to schools, emergency response systems, and others. The Quake-Catcher Network also provides educational software designed to help teach about earthquakes and earthquake hazards.

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Host computers upload their sensor data directly to the online QCN network to be processed.
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A small and low maintenance motion sensor is installed along with the free QCN software.
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Sensor data reveals near real-time readings of earthquake locations, and magnitude.
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Recent News

Earthquake in Christchurch
Posted on: 02-9-2012 With: 0 Comments Posted by: ESC

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Tweet Watch this video and see a M5.2 earthquake send seismic waves across Christchurch, New Zealand on October 4, 2010. The circles show the location of seismic stations that recorded the event, including 118 QCN sensors and 29 GeoNet stations. The colors denote the intensity …
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New Zealand Sensor (Re)distribution
Posted on: 02-7-2012 With: 0 Comments Posted by: Carl Christensen

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Tweet GeoNet in New Zealand are looking to redistribute some QCN sensors in the area, if you are interested please see the GeoNet/QCN Press Release.
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Catch This!
Posted on: 02-3-2012 With: 0 Comments Posted by: jflawrence@stanford.edu

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Tweet QCN is introducing a research blog. We encourage you to follow along as we describe our recent observations, and explain how we’re impacting the scientific, local, and global communities. Earthquake in Christchurch February 9, 2012 Watch as waves from a M5.2 earthquake propagate across …
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New QCN Paper on New Zealand aftershock sensor deployment
Posted on: 01-27-2012 With: 0 Comments Posted by: Carl Christensen

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Tweet A new paper on QCN’s work in New Zealand is available from the Annals of Geophysics: Comparison between low-cost and traditional MEMS accelerometers: a case study from the M7.1 Darﬁeld, New Zealand, aftershock deployment
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President Obama Honors Quake-Catcher Network Inventor Elizabeth Cochran
Posted on: 10-20-2011 With: 0 Comments Posted by: Carl Christensen

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Tweet QCN is proud to announce that Prof. Cochran has received a ‘Presidential Early Career Award’ from President Obama. Read more at the USGS website.
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M5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
Posted on: 08-23-2011 With: 0 Comments Posted by: admin

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Tweet Several QCN stations on the East Coast of the US recorded a M5.8 earthquake that occurred just outside of Mineral, Virgina at 17:51:04 UTC on 23 August 2011. Click here to view seismograms recorded by QCN stations at distances between 48 to 242 km …
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New ONavi Sensor Windows Drivers Released
Posted on: 08-12-2011 With: 0 Comments Posted by: admin

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Tweet We are testing new drivers – if you are running a 32 or 64-bit Windows system, which is having trouble detecting or using the ONavi USB sensor, please refer to this message board thread for download links to the new drivers: http://qcn.stanford.edu/sensor/forum_thread.php?id=666
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Fix for Mac OS X Lion and JoyWarrior Sensors
Posted on: 07-27-2011 With: 0 Comments Posted by: admin

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Tweet I have built new Mac QCN clients and drivers to fix the problem with the new ‘Lion’ OS X upgrade and the JoyWarrior. Download and install the new driver from http://qcn.stanford.edu/download/qcnusb-mac.zip . Then click ‘Reset’ in BOINC Manager to get the new version. The …
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Interested in participating? Download the software and join the network! You can also sign up for our contacts list or donate a sensor to a K-12 school. Or request a sensor.

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