You will also notice Guam sits in the middle of the Pacific Ocean at the very tip of a visible crest in the ocean floor. Interestingly, on Dec 20th, 2018, a M7.3 also occurred not far away in Russia. Not long after, a significant earthquake occurred in Alaska on Jan 5th, 2019. ( We will provide a direct link for you to see the globe for that timestamp ).
Can this be used to predict earthquakes? At least to a certain extent?ĭuring the month of December, 2018, increased sesmic activity was noticable in Alaska. The 3D globe view shows an overview of seismic activity which may be able to determine which areas are experiencing more activty than "normal". Then you can see all earthquakes which occurred in the day, week and month prior to that moment in time. The time picker (currently in testing) allows you to transport to any specific date or exact second in the past. This can get confusing, so when viewing earthquake details, we include "time ago" to let you know "how long ago" the earthquake occurred in plain English - no matter where in the world you are. For example, to translate UTC into Atlantic local time, subtract 3 hours from UTC. The timestamp for an earthquake is always UTC - which can then be converted to your local time. "UTC "is the successor to Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT) and is widely used among scientists. So, the Unix timestamp for 1652544287 now becomes 09:04:47 AM UTC As of this moment, 1652544287 seconds have elapsed since 1970.01.01 at 00:00:00 AM.Ī Unix timestamp can programmitcally be converted to readable English. On January 1st - at 12:00 AM - in the year 1970, computers began counting time. It is only visible to them.Įpoch time is also commonly known as "computer time", or "unix time". This converts their location to latitude and logitude coordinates and adds a large white location marker on the globe for their personal interest. Members who specify an optional city, state (or even an address) to their private profile can see an additional "add me" button. To scroll on mobile, touch any area outside the universe. A separate "pinch" control ( for zooming in and out ) will need to be added so the globe knows the difference. Mobile devices, smartphones, and tablets will react to touch gestures and rotate the globe.
A daytime lighting mode is also provided. You can filter by magnitude to show only those of a certain magnitude or higher. The globe displays all global earthquakes which occurred in the last hour, day, week and month, with a separate option to view significant quakes which had noticable impact on humanity and neighboring communities. Owing to its user‐friendly features and high efficiency, the CGFDM3D‐EQR platform can play essential roles in seismic hazards responses, scenario earthquake evaluations, and related applications.The 3D WebGL Globe is a data visualization of all earthquakes on our tiny planet. To verify the platform, we performed four simulations, and the results show that our platform is reliable and efficient. With these characteristics, the platform can simulate strong earthquake ground motions and provide seismic intensity assessments in less than 30 min using our cluster. We developed a CG‐FDM parallel algorithm for strong ground motion simulation based on central processing unit (CPU) and graphical processing unit (GPU) heterogeneous architectures. The curved grid finite difference method (CG‐FDM), which can accurately resolve 3D complexities during earthquake simulation, is adopted in this platform. The intensity evaluations are derived from strong ground motion simulations that couple 3D complexities in elevation, medium structure, and earthquake source. We developed an earthquake response platform named CGFDM3D‐EQR that quickly provides earthquake intensity for evaluating complex earthquake disasters. A rapid response platform for earthquake disasters can provide scientific suggestions for real‐time postearthquake rescue deployment, reducing losses. Earthquake disasters cause serious losses of human life and property.
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