World Earthquake alert : M 6.6 :TONGA ISLANDS REGION, Tue, 01 Oct 2024 20:05:37 [Archive]

BGS

7th October 2024, 11:50

World Earthquake alert : M 6.6 :TONGA ISLANDS REGION, Tue, 01 Oct 2024 20:05:37

Click for details... (http://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20241001202341.html)

Mark (Star Mariner)

8th October 2024, 13:02

Alert for October 1, so that was a week ago?

This is probably due to me reactivating the feed. It had been offline almost a year due to glitches I couldn't iron out. It's getting another trial run.

The feed is basically an xml file (an aggregator linked to BGS's database). Our feed scrapes the file once every ten minutes. When a new quake is recorded (Magnitude 6+), the data is sent to that file and the feed posts an alert. The newest/latest entry happened to be the Tonga quake from a week ago.

It's up to date now. The next +6 quake should be reported live (or as soon as it's picked up by BGS).