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Shaking up earthquake searches
2009年3月5日
Silicon Valley is well known as the home of technology companies like Google, but it's also one of many regions around the world with frequent earthquake activity. When we in the Bay Area feel an earthquake, we want to know how strong it was and where it occurred, as soon as possible. After all, even a small vibration could be the result of a severe earthquake far away. Traditionally, we've had to wait for answers as reporters scrambled to investigate and spread the news. But thanks to the
US Geological Survey (USGS)
, we can get earthquake data straight from the source.
Now, when you search for "
earthquakes
" on Google, you'll get information on some of the most recent, significant earthquakes from around the world, right on the search results page. From there, you can click through to the
USGS Earthquake Center
for more information, or visit the epicenter of any quake on Google Maps. To find earthquakes closer to home, you can add a location to your query, for example: "
earthquakes California
."
Earthquake search is the latest of Google's special search features, and many others can help you in different ways. If you'd like to know the local time where an earthquake occurred, search for "time" followed by the location (for example, "
time Japan
"). Let's say the epicenter was 50km from the coast and you want to know how far that is in miles. Type "
50km in miles
" into the search box. You can find out about these special features and many more on the
Search Features page
.
Posted by Mike Danylchuk, Software Engineer, Search User Interface team
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