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.
Install
A small and low maintenance motion sensor is installed along with the free QCN software.more info →
Monitor
Sensor data reveals near real-time readings of earthquake locations, and magnitude.
more info →
Share
Host computers upload their sensor data directly to the online QCN network to be processed.more info →
San Francisco Bay Area Residents! Sign up here!
New Versions (3.70) for Mac, Windows, and Linux; MotionNode Accel USB support for Windows
There are new versions (3.70) for Intel & PowerPC Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and (yes!) Linux. The Windows version supports the MotionNode Accel USB accelerometer, and all versions support the JoyWarrior24F8 USB accelerometer (Mac requires the driver for the JoyWarrior – see below). To …
Read More →New Versions (3.47) for Mac and Windows, JoyWarrior 24F8 support
There are new versions (3.47) for Intel & PowerPC Mac OS X and Windows that should fix some problems with stability and graphics. Also, support for the JoyWarrior 24F8 sensor is in place as well. If you are running BOINC on a Mac, you will …
Read More →QCN article in the 9/25/08 issue of ‘The Economist’ magazine
This week’s issue of ‘The Economist’ (Sept. 25th ’08) has an article on QCN written by Francois Grey of CERN. You can read it online here ]]>
Read More →Note (and fix) for BOINC Crashes
Please note if your BOINC running QCN seems to hang or crash. There is a bug in BOINC for long account files > 64KB — basically if the historical earthquake list gets too large then BOINC will not start and may seem to hang. Unfortunately …
Read More →QCN Testers Detect Quake in Los Angeles
There was a magnitude 5.4 earthquake east of Los Angeles, detected by about 15 machines running QCN. Click here for more details. Most machines reported back to the servers with 2-4 seconds of the initial detection trigger. These results (in addition to the previous quake …
Read More →New Version of Software Available (version 2.81)
New versions (2.81) have been put up for all platforms supported by QCN (Mac Intel, Mac PPC, Windows). This version fixes some bugs and adds some enhancements to the SAC data produced by the software. It also adds support for the codemercs.com JoyWarrior 24F8 External …
Read More →QCN BOINC Software for Windows, Lenovo Laptops
An alpha version of the QCN software for Windows has been created which will work on Lenovo Thinkpad laptops. If you have a Thinkpad please try it out and post any comments in the ‘Windows’ newsgroup. Thanks! Also thanks to Ben Suter, Stanford alum, for …
Read More →QCN Records Reno Nevada Earthquake of April 26, 2008
We are happy to report that two QCN alpha test participants who live in and near Reno Nevada detected vibrations from the recent Magnitude 5.1 earthquake in Reno using QCN software. We’re very excited and are currently preparing a paper to show these preliminary results, …
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