Earthquakes happen more often than you might think. Quake Alert is a facebook application that allows you to find out which friends might be affected by recent earthquakes. You can also receive a facebook notification when an earthquake hits near a friend, within the hour.

See the quakes in Google Maps

Visually locate the quakes and nearby friends. Zoom in, zoom out, and drag the map.

Use the sliders to adjust how many quakes you want to see based on the magnitude, distance to friends, and how long ago it happened.

Receive notifications

Control the criteria that trigger a notification.

Monitor USGS quake report

Monitor live data coming from USGS, quake by quake, and see if there is any friend in the area.

The Quake Alert facebook application is released under GPL. Data are obtained from usgs.gov. Access-app button was created on mycoolbutton.com.