The Quiet Map
Earth's quietest place, measured by seismometers
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Hey HN,This started as a personal curiosity and Claude helped me build it out.The Quiet Map reads 98 broadband seismometers from around the world every hour. Ground vibration in the 4–14 Hz band is usually done by human activity - traffic, trains, footsteps etc. Each station is compared against its own history at the same hour of day, and the map names the place currently furthest below its own normal: the quietest place on Earth right now.Hope you enjoy it and would love your feedback!
HN · launched Jul 11, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 89%) · 0 views
Niche: data and scientific visualization tools · 146 launches, 3 in the last 7 days ▼ -50% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Analytics & BI
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes The author explicitly states Claude helped build it, as it pulls publicly available seismic data via standard APIs (IRIS/FDSN) and visualizes the calculated noise levels on a web map.
Discussion
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Feature requests: Zoom in on map for closer view of specific areas, Historical stats for particular locations
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