A living globe of Earth, in real time
EarthPulse pulls ~30 authoritative feeds into one live view of the planet — earthquakes, storms, wildfires, air quality, volcanoes, aurora, ocean buoys and thousands of flights — rendered on an interactive 3D globe. It updates continuously and posts the notable moments to social channels as they happen.
Building something with the data? The same feeds are available as an open, cross-domain read API — see the Data API.
Data sources & attribution
EarthPulse is built entirely on public and open data. Feeds are used under their respective licenses; attribution-required sources are noted.
- USGSEarthquakesPublic domain
- NOAA NHCTropical storms & hurricanesPublic domain
- NASA FIRMS (VIIRS)Active wildfiresOpen · cite NASA FIRMS
- AQICN / WAQIAir qualityCC BY-NC-SA · attribution required
- USGS Volcano NoticesVolcanic activityPublic domain
- GDACSGlobal disaster alertsSee gdacs.org terms
- NOAA NWSWeather alertsPublic domain
- NOAA / NWSTsunami messagesPublic domain
- NASA EONETNatural-event catalogOpen · cite NASA EONET
- NOAA SWPCAurora & geomagnetic (Kp)Public domain
- NOAA NDBCOcean buoysPublic domain
- NOAA CO-OPSTide gaugesPublic domain
- OpenSky NetworkLive flightsNon-commercial · attribution required
- ADSB.lolLive flightsOpen (ODbL)
Contact
Spot a data error, want to collaborate, or writing about EarthPulse? Reach out — the fastest reply is usually on the social channels.
- Emailearthpulse1.live@gmail.com
- Bluesky@earthpulse1.bsky.social
- Threads@earthpulse.live
- Telegramt.me/earthpulse_live
- Nostrearthpulse.live
EarthPulse is an independent project and is not affiliated with any of the data providers listed above. Data is provided “as is,” without warranty — do not rely on it as a sole source for life-safety decisions; always follow official emergency guidance.