Epicenter - Earthquake Map appears to be a legitimate app. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Epicenter is 80 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Epicenter User Reviews

Name: Epicenter - Earthquake Map
Rating: 4.4 (37 reviews)

Epicenter - Earthquake Map

Jess Taylor

📡 News

☀️ Weather

Customer Experience

Positive experience81.1% of reviews

Neutral8.1% of reviews

Negative experience10.8% of reviews

~ Based on 37 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Epicenter Safe?

Epicenter - Earthquake Map appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Epicenter is 82/100.

This assessment is based on 37 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.4/5.

Safety Analysis

81.1% of ratings point to a safe experience

8.1% of ratings suggest some concerns

10.8% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 37 App Store ratings for Epicenter.

Is Epicenter Legit?

Epicenter - Earthquake Map appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Epicenter is 80/100.

Based on 80 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

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Beautiful and Informative

New user to the app, really easy to understand and puts a lot of data right at my fingertips. Hats off to the designers.

HiddenCali

16 days ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the positive review, we are working hard to make Epicenter best in class!

Used to be great

I don’t know what happened to what was a great app, but it’s now a mess. I can no longer zoom in to anywhere on Earth, the app just crashes. I can only see recent quakes from my locality, and when I try to see other parts of the world, it crashes. So disappointing! Developers, what is the problem?!

MLapp100

2 months ago

Response from developer

Apologies for your app troubles, we have been working diligently to improve the app. Please contact me so we can work out what's going on. seismology.rocks@protonmail.com. Thank you.

notifications

It would be nice if I could receive notifications on my ios 26.5 iPad mini 7

J.J.J. J.

2 months ago

Response from developer

They are available now in version 2.0!

Great app

Great app! One suggestion, could we select a specific date we want to look at from the dates on the bottom? I’d like to see the location of the earthquakes that happened in my town all morning.

saltycity_

8 months ago

Response from developer

Yes you can, select the Map button on the lower left and switch the Earthquake Time Mode to Interval. Then you can use the date scroller to pick the date you wish and see just the earthquakes that occurred on that day (Accumulate mode plots all earthquakes up until the selected date). Thank you for the kind review!

Great App

This is an awesome app, and the dev seems very attentive to dealing with issues and keeping things up to date and working smoothly.

For some reason I can no longer get the app to work on my phone. When I try to open it, it immediately crashes and closes again. My first assumption is that the issue is on my end. I have an iPhone 13 Pro Max, but my iOS is really outdated(v16.3). Updating that may fix the issue. If I get the chance to update iOS, I’ll update this review with the results as well.

Quantumator

a year ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the solid review! It's much appreciated. The latest release, v1.9.5 may fix your issue. If not, please contact us by email at seismology.rocks@protonmail.com so we can learn more and try to address the issue.

Latest update crashed it

The most recent update crashed it. It will not load. Just shows the loading screen for a fraction of a second, crashes, then goes to iphone home page again.

Silverlilly1

2 years ago

Useless garbage

No maps…should use a Google maps overlay or something so we know where all these dots are.
But being the USGS it’s probably top secret!

HRH Prince Eugen of Sweden

4 years ago

Excellent!

For those interested, this is a great iPad app with a beautifully designed user interface. The base is an earth globe, rotatable in any direction. Tap on an earthquake's dot for detailed infomation. Appears to use USGS data.

(Previous review edited and updated. iPhone issue went away.)

Sawdust & Noise

4 years ago

Notifications?

I would give 5 stars but I can’t find how to turn on notifications for my immediate area?

theunicorn99

4 years ago

Want past history?

Being able to look back 30 days tells the story, but many active fault aren’t moving that much: would more history be available?

Just a thought.

Got the Mmo reference. Me, too.

747whaledriver

6 years ago

Response from developer

The initial motivation for the app was to be a bit different from other earthquake apps, thus the 30 day sliding window. But if one likes the app, I can appreciate how one would want to access more historical data and I am considering that. I appreciate your suggestion.

Just download it. You won’t be disappointed!

Real passion has gone into this super cool app. Developer obviously understands tectonics.

Slideleft

7 years ago

Well it was updating on the Internet and then it just quit

It worked for about a week and then it stopped updating what’s up with that

bladerunner26354

7 years ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the feedback. We just released an update that addresses this issue. Please give Epicenter another shot (rolls out over the next 7 days).

Did not update data

Looks good but would not update any information, saying I was not connected to the internet (which was not the case) or that the server as unavailable.

Hippolytus

7 years ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the feedback. We just released an update that addresses this issue. Please give Epicenter another shot (rolls out over the next 7 days).

Great interactive map

I live in CA, and my family is scattered throughout the state. I original got this so I could track the activity of their area, but the map is so much fun to use that I've started monitoring other areas of the world too. The ring of fire is particularly interesting to keep an eye on.

It's good to stay educated in the world around you. I've learned that Californa is not at all the worst place to live in regards to earthquakes! Stay safe out there.

My favorite part about the map is the global 3d sphere. It's really easy to jump around to different locations and review the quakes. I love the map is not politically divided - it's all topho (at least that's how I keep my settings). As you zoom in, the state/country dividers pop up, but when you zoom out, they fade away which I love. Or you can select plate boundaries to be toggled on, which is pretty sweet too look at. Great app. Definitely learning more about the world.

Blinkk5

7 years ago

Could be better

I really like the app but..,
My number one complaint: print is so small I can’t even read it with a magnifying glass! It’s basically guessing the general area when I look at map. Enlarge by at least 6!
Secondly: I’d love to see ocean’s topography!!

sn-sgu

8 years ago

Response from developer

Hello, thanks for the feedback, we are working on a cost effective solution for both items you mention.

Great App!

I’m a geologist and I will use this for work. Love that it gives me all the USGS information on my phone and it works with the Apple Watch as well! Saves me from having to open a browser and find the right url ... etc!

Wyoroxbb

9 years ago

Chapeaux

Love it!

You guys have done an outstanding job in producing such a complete picture and description of the seismic events.
In my area(Ecuador) we are in very active Seismic and Volcanic zone and I sure will visiting this site often.

NormPich

9 years ago

Flat ocean

I like this app, but really an earthquake map should show the topography of the ocean floor, not leave it blank as though we are looking at the top of the ocean at sea level. When there’s an earthquake on a mid-ocean ridge I want to be able to exactly where it was in relation to other ridges or junctions or subduction zones. This app is missing details of 2/3 of the world. Please update to include the ocean floors because I do like this app, and would like to give it more stars

Seaslugg