Quake Pulse is an online earthquake information and visualization platform that turns USGS data and observations from contributing networks into tools for exploring seismic activity. Its live feed and interactive global map present recent events, while continuously updated statistics summarize activity by time period, magnitude, country, and location. Users can examine daily trends, magnitude distributions, notable earthquakes, historical records, and country rankings through the Earthquake Observatory and visual dashboards.

The platform also provides location-focused features, including nearby earthquake searches, reference pages for cities and countries, and private browser-based dashboards for saved zones. Users can create email alerts based on an area and magnitude threshold, install Quake Pulse on a phone or computer, or embed a recent-earthquakes widget on another website. Event pages and contextual tools bring together available information such as felt reports, intensity, depth, PAGER assessments, tsunami indicators, nearby cities, and local history. Quake Pulse also presents earthquake stories that organize significant sequences by timeline, map, and historical context, helping visitors explore current activity without presenting its automated summaries as hazard assessments.