Bay Area Earthquakes the app for the Bay Area of San Francisco

Online, June 7, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Have you heard about the big stroke? Would you want to be notified about the seismic activity in the Bay Area of San Francisco?

Latin3G, the developers of "Sismos Mx" (the number one app in its category and in the top 25 of apps in Mexico), launched "Bay Area Earthquakes", a new app for iPhone and iPod Touch that alerts the users about earthquakes occurrence in real time in the bay area.

The difference between this app and others earthquakes applications is that it focuses exclusively in the San Francisco Bay Area, so you will get information and push notifications at the moment that an earthquake is happening in this zone. It also includes World Wide earthquakes data.

With information from the National Seismological Service, "Bay Area Earthquakes" allows you to monitor the occurrence of earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay Area and warns you about any aftershocks and risk areas at the moment. All this showed on a satellite map which also lets you to see the strokes greater than a certain scale, the most recent and a history of earthquakes.

"Bay Area Earthquakes" can be configured to show the magnitude, epicenter, date, time and depth of earthquakes based on your preference. You can view the GPS service with your location on the map to show how close you are to the area where the earthquake is taking place.

Another advantage is that the user receives push notifications without having the application open, this way you will be notified at the time the earthquake is happening.

"Bay Area Earthquakes" also has a short guide with the basic tips that can save lives during this catastrophes.

Once again the tools on smartphones like the iPhone, demonstrate the effectiveness to provide useful information for the users. The recent shocks in Haiti and Chile are events that have raised concern throughout the population. But with this app you can be sure that you will always be informed to put yourself in a safety place in case of a big stroke.

The app is available in the AppStore. If the media is interested in reviewing it please contact us, we have 20 free downloads for media.

To download the app on your iPhone or iPod touch, use the next link:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bay-area-earthquakes/id370555163?mt=8