MyShake: A Seismometer in your Smartphone

The University of California, Berkeley Seismology Lab’s MyShake app is making seismometers out of smartphones and citizen scientists out of users. As more and more people use the app, the scientists behind MyShake hope the citizen science project will eventually create a worldwide earthquake early warning network.

Available since 2016 MyShake, now has over 300,000 downloads in more than 80 countries. MyShake shows you information from recent as well as historic earthquakes, and some basic safety information for how to respond in the event of a quake. The app also allows users to post reactions to recent quakes and send their observations and experiences of them.