iPhone App: 今日の地震 ‘Today’s Earthquakes’
If like me you were shaken by this morning’s mini-quake centered 30km below Tokyo, you may be interested in the iPhone app 今日の地震 (‘Today’s Earthquakes’) [Free: iTunes link].
The creators over at www.hakarist.com say that it will provide data on the latest earthquakes in Japan within ten minutes of them occurring – handy if you’re nowhere near a TV or the Internet.
The app is simplicity itself, the first page showing a list of today’s quakes (and a link to a list of yesterday’s); click on an earthqyake and a detailed page shows the epicentre, time, strength (Japanese scale of 1-7), depth, tsunami status, magnitude (richter scale) and latitude / longitude. There’s also a static image of a google map showing the epicentre location.
A must for anyone who is unnerved by the ground shaking beneath their feet!
Would really like to try this app but unfortunately it’s only available on the Japanese iTunes store. For which you require a Japanese credit card.
There isn’t a way around this I suppose?
One option is to buy an iTunes Japan Music Card
http://www.jbox.com/SEARCHES/itunes_japan/
Maybe not worth it for a free app but will definitely bear in mind for future purchases.
Thanks.