World Earthquake Catalog
Overview
A deep learning-enhanced global earthquake catalog, built by associating PhaseNet picks from seismic stations worldwide with VORA.
References
Junhao Song & Weiqiang Zhu. (2026). Turning a Global-scale Seismic Phase Database into a High-resolution Earthquake Catalog, AGU Annual Meeting 2026, SF, USA
Dataset Information
- Geographic Region: Global
- Time Range: 2002-01-01 to 2025-03-30
- Number of Events: 11,038,788
Methodology
- Phase Picking: PhaseNet
- Phase Association: VORA
- Earthquake Location: VORA (S-P times; P velocity 6 km/s, Vp/Vs 1.73)
- Earthquake Relocation:
- Earthquake Magnitude:
Interactive Map
All events, as a density map over large areas and as single events, coloured by depth, once fewer than 100,000 are in view. Drag a box or scroll to zoom in. Below the map, a time histogram shows the events in view over time (weekly bins for the whole catalog, down to minute bins for short periods). Drag across it, or type dates, to pick a period. Back undoes the last selection, and Reset returns to the whole catalog. A 3D view of the selected events, coloured by origin time, is at the bottom.