Earth Alerts allows you to monitor, via satellite imagery and other formats, in near real-time a variety of natural hazard events occurring around the world.

Alert notifications, reports, and imagery provide the user with a convenient way to view natural phenomena as they occur, whether close to home or some far-flung corner of the globe!

Earth Alerts uses various online resources provided by organizations such as the National Weather Service, U.S. Geological Survey, and Smithsonian Institution (to name a few) to identify what sort of activities "Mother Earth" is currently dishing out on the planet.

You can use Earth Alerts without having any U.S. locations. However, if you live within the United States, it is highly recommended that you add at least one location to take full advantage of all program features.