LastQuake

LastQuakeisafree,mobileapplicationdedicatedtoalertingpopulationsandgatheringtestimoniesinreal-timewhenanearthquakeoccurs.Designedbyseismologists,LastQuakeistheofficialappoftheEuro-MediterraneanSeismologicalCenter(EMSC).Thankstotheparticipativeactionofitsusers,onlyafewminutesareneededfortheEMSCtoestimateearthquakeeffectsandnotifythepopulation.

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╍ANINNOVATIVEEARTHQUAKEDETECTIONMETHOD╍

EMSCdetectsearthquakesusing:

∘Earthquakewitnesses,whoarethefirsttofeelanearthquake,hencethefirstinformedthataneventishappening.

∘Internetandmobiletechnologies,whichallowrapidinformationcollectionoftheeffectsobservedbywitnesses,whoareaskedtofillinaquestionnaireandsharephotosandvideos.

Wanttolearnmoreaboutourdetectionsystem?Watchthisvideo:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNCaHFxhZ5E

╍COMMITMENTTOPOPULATIONSAFFECTEDBYEARTHQUAKES╍

Informationandcommunicationarecornerstonesinpreventingriskybehaviors.EMSCcontributestothereductionofseismicriskbyprovidingyouwith:

∘real-timeinformation

∘post-earthquakesafetytips

∘SMSservicethatallowsvictimstonotifytheirlovedones.

╍YOURINVOLVEMENTMATTERS╍

LastQuakeisacitizenscienceproject.Yourcontributionhelpsrefineourunderstandingofearthquakeeffectswhilefosteringoursupportindisasterpreparationandresponse.

╍KEYFEATURES╍

∘Real-timeinformationanddata

∘Customizablenotifications(destructiveearthquakes,earthquakesnearyou)

∘Accesstocomments,photos,andvideosbyeyewitnesses

∘Information-sharingviasocialmedia

∘SMSservicetonotifylovedoneswhenintheareaimpactedbyanearthquake

∘Post-earthquakesafetytips

╍WHAT'SNEW╍∘Interactivefeltmap

∘Customizablenotificationtest

∘Earthquakenotificationthroughvoicesynthesizer∘Copy-pasteavailableforcomments

∘Minorbugsfixed

∘Newlanguagesavailable:Albanian,Bosnian,Croatian,Czech

╍WHATISEMSC?╍

EMSCisaninternationalnon-profitscientificNGOfoundedin1975.BasedinFrance,EMSCfederatesdatafromtheseismologicalobservatoriesof86institutesfrom57countries.Whileoperatingareal-timeearthquakeinformationservice,EMSCadvocatesforpublicparticipationinscientificresearch.Itscoreproduct,LastQuake,pavesthewayforinnovativeapproachestobuildingmoredisaster-resilientcommunities,makingEMSCamongthepioneersofdisasterappsdedicatedtoearthquakesandtsunamis.