About QuakeScan
Ben Williams
Creator & Editor
Ben Williams built QuakeScan to help people explore earthquake data with more context and less confusion. He's fascinated by how real-time geoscience feeds can become educational tools that make seismic activity easier to understand for the public.
Our Mission
QuakeScan was created to make earthquake data more accessible and understandable. Seismic events happen constantly around the world, but the raw data behind them can be dense and hard to interpret. Our goal is to organize earthquake records — magnitudes, depths, locations, timestamps — into a format that helps anyone from students to journalists to curious citizens learn about the seismic activity shaping our planet.
What We Do
QuakeScan organizes publicly available earthquake event data from the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program into a searchable, browsable format. We take raw seismic records and present them with context — magnitude classifications, depth explanations, geographic filtering, and historical comparisons.
Whether you're a student researching seismology, a journalist covering a recent event, or simply curious about earthquakes in your region, QuakeScan gives you the tools to explore the data on your own terms.
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Independence Disclaimer
QuakeScan is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) or any other government agency. All data presented on this site is derived from publicly available sources and is provided for informational and educational purposes only. QuakeScan is not an emergency alert system.