Earthquake Feed
In addition to the TCP ping service on port 9999, we’re now publishing a feed of all earthquakes - as well as additional related information - to a TCP service on port 1226.
As with the ping feed, this is actually derived from data running through the PubSub system. It’s possible, for example, to subscribe to earthquakes in a specific region, or with a certain magnitude, and so on. (For a sample of what PubSub output would look like, see this Atom feed). We found that the simple TCP service we use for pings is a useful way of distributing high-volume information to multiple clients, so we’ve created a similar service for earthquake data.
To try it out, simply point a telnet client at port 1226. The structure of the data should be pretty self-evident. All data is collected from the USGS, and wherever possible we include links back to their site. Please note that any data delivered via PubSub should be considered informational only - we are not validating or authenticating any of this information.
the ping feed, please consider the earthquake feed a beta-quality service, subject to change without notice. Please send any questions, comments or feedback about this service to us at feedback@pubsub.com.