geology compass

eQuakes is for geologists interested in earthquakes

Get it with the  AppStore   http://www.apple.com/app-store/

See published papers for tips on how to use it. User group suggestions on developments and improvements welcomed. Report any apparent errors or omissions so we can fix them and upload a new version.

 

A selected reference that uses this program

Skewed orientation groups in scatter plots of earthquake fault plane solutions: Implications for extensional geometry at oceanic spreading centers
GS Lister, H Tkalčić, S McClusky, MA Forster
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 119 (3), 2055-2067

Two datasets to get you going

Download then "Save As" using right click
then read with eQuakes

1) download a registered image
Notice the format of the image title
(this is a Mercator projection)

2) centroid moment tensor solutions for recent earthquakes from the Global CMT project, at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, in NDK format.