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Earthquake Monitor Ex on Windows Pc

Developed By: minamix86

License: Free

Rating: 4,0/5 - 851 votes

Last Updated: December 23, 2023

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 2017.03.04
Size 1.8 MB
Release Date March 04, 17
Category Weather Apps

App Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (8)]

What's New:
You can see a real time image of a ground motion of Japan.This app will notify you of earthquakes by alarm sound, voice or/and vibrator before the ground... [see more]

Description from Developer:
In Japan, earthquakes occurs hundreds of times every day, including what human does not feel.
So people are using this app in preparing against earthquakes.

You can see a real tim... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Earthquake Monitor Ex and install on Windows PC. Earthquake Monitor Ex is free Weather app, developed by minamix86. Latest version of Earthquake Monitor Ex is 2017.03.04, was released on 2017-03-04 (updated on 2023-12-23). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 50,000. Overall rating of Earthquake Monitor Ex is 4,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 851 users, 450 users had rated it 5*, 66 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Earthquake Monitor Ex on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Earthquake Monitor Ex on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Earthquake Monitor Ex on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Earthquake Monitor Ex using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Earthquake Monitor Ex" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Earthquake Monitor Ex on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Earthquake Monitor Ex" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Other versions available: 2017.03.04.

Download Earthquake Monitor Ex 2017.03.04 on Windows PC – 1.8 MB

In Japan, earthquakes occurs hundreds of times every day, including what human does not feel.
So people are using this app in preparing against earthquakes.

You can see a real time image of a ground motion of Japan.
This app will notify you of earthquakes by alarm sound, voice or/and vibrator before the ground motion arrives a place you are.

All people who travel to Japan need this app.

FEATURES

(1) Real time image

You can see a real time image of the ground motion of Japan. Also you can see real time waveform of the ground motion up to 16 observation points.

(2) Notification of the earthquakes

A notification server is always monitoring the ground motion of Japan even if you don't use this app. When the earthquake occurs, the server sends notifications to your device by using Google Cloud Messaging before the ground motion arrive place you are.

The notification condition can be set by an estimated seismic intensity and a region. You can choose a combination of alarm sound, voice, vibrator, auto-popup of the app and message as a notification method. The alarm sound can be changed to what you like. The voice notification speaks the seismic intensity and regions.

Earthquake Early Warnings (EEW) are issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) are also displayed and spoken in English.

This app also supports automatic tweets of the earthquake information and images of the ground motion and waveform plots.


HOW TO USE

(1) Registration to the notification server

After installation of the app, just once you start it, then your device will be registered automatically.


(2) Button functions

Button functions are as follow (from left)
* History button displays a list of earthquakes, any items can replay by touch.
* Replay last earthquake.
* Synchronize time to server. / Back to current time when replay mode.
* Change servers.


(3) Settings of notification condition

Menu > Notification > Notification condition

Set notification condition by selecting an Estimated seismic intensity or a PGA (Peak Ground Acceleration). You would receive notifications in more earlier time by setting lower value.

NOTE: Seismic intensity means Japanese seismic scale in this app.


(4) Settings of notification region

Menu > Notification > Notification range
Menu > Notification > Regional settings

If you do not need all notifications for countrywide, set either "Notification range" or "Regional settings". "Notification range" require permission to access Location service (No GPS used). "Notification range" is not valid outside of Japan. You would receive notifications in more earlier time in case of setting to wide-range.


(5) Settings of notification method

You can choose a combination of alarm sound, voice, vibrator, auto-popup of the app and message. The alarm sound file can be changed to what you like. The voice notification speaks the seismic intensity and regions. (English Text-to-speech is required)

Vibration pattern inform you of an earthquake intensity.
* Less than seismic intensity 2: once per 2 seconds.
* Seismic intensity from 3 to 4: twice per 2 seconds.
* Greater than seismic intensity 5: three times per 2 seconds.


(6) To display waveform

A waveform display function is valid when connecting to New server and operating in a landscape mode.

To change server: Menu > Server/Run mode > Server selection
To add new point, touch a Japanese map and select observation points.
To change display order of waveform plots, drag each waveform to desired place.
To delete a waveform plot, touch the waveform longer than 0.5 second.


ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This app uses data of "Realtime ground-motion monitoring system (Kyoshin monitor)". It is a web service which is provided by National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED). http://www.kyoshin.bosai.go.jp/
I deeply appreciate them who are providing such a valuable data.
You can see a real time image of a ground motion of Japan.
This app will notify you of earthquakes by alarm sound, voice or/and vibrator before the ground motion arrives a place you are.
All people who travel to Japan need this app.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an application to read from external storage.