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Ethiopian Earthquake Monitor

Earthquake monitoring with seismic activity prediction and risk assessment using advanced algorithms

Web app Rated 7 Oct 2026Dormant

Link
earthquake.kidus.engineer
Built by
Kidus's Chronicles

Bloat

105/500

Where it landed on the scale

Bloat
0
Float
300
Moat
400

Summary

This is a working earthquake map for Ethiopia built on a public USGS feed, with tabs for trends, search, alerts and safety education. It addresses a real concern, but there's no sign of a paying user or a way to charge, and the copy is easy to rebuild. The custom domain is down and nothing has shipped in about a year.

Bloat · Not much here works or looks likely to last, yet.

Breakdown

Five measures, 100 points each. Open the receipts under any of them to see the posts and pages behind the points.

Viability

Is there a real problem, someone who would pay, and a market this builder can actually reach?

Earthquake awareness is a real need in the Rift Valley, but the data is free and public and nobody is shown paying. There's no pricing or customer in sight, so a path to revenue isn't visible yet.

22/100

Rubric 21–40A real problem, but no plausible path to anyone paying, or a market well out of this builder's reach.

Receipts (2)

  1. Describes real-time tracking, risk zones and safety guides for Ethiopia, a real problem with no stated business model.

    “🌍 Ethiopia Earthquake Monitor is Live! Introducing a sophisticated real-time earthquake monitoring platform tailored specifically for Ethiopia! This groundbreaking project leverages advanced technology to provide real-time seismic tracking, risk assessment, and educational resources to enhance earthquake preparedness and safety in Ethiopia. 🌟 Key Features: Real-Time Monitoring: Live data inte”

    Post · @kiduschronicless · 13 Jan 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. The live site shows Map, Trends, Alerts and Safety Guide tabs, with no pricing or account features.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · ethio-earthquake.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

Moat

What stops someone copying it?

It's mostly a front end over the USGS API with a map library, which someone could rebuild in a weekend. The Amharic guides and the claimed prediction algorithms could add depth, but nothing on the site shows them.

9/100

Rubric 0–20A thin wrapper or a clone that anyone here could rebuild in a weekend.

Receipts (2)

  1. The stack is Next.js, Leaflet and the USGS API, all standard and freely available.

    “🌍 Ethiopia Earthquake Monitor is Live! Introducing a sophisticated real-time earthquake monitoring platform tailored specifically for Ethiopia! This groundbreaking project leverages advanced technology to provide real-time seismic tracking, risk assessment, and educational resources to enhance earthquake preparedness and safety in Ethiopia. 🌟 Key Features: Real-Time Monitoring: Live data inte”

    Post · @kiduschronicless · 13 Jan 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. Claims ground motion and optimization algorithms for prediction, but no evidence of them shows on the live page.

    “Hey guys, as you know i made an Ethiopian Earthquake monitor and There are multiple earthquakes happening and you can check using the site i built and there is Sesmic Activity prediction as well as Earthquake risk prediction using Shokribadi Ground motion algorithm and DivS3 optimizations on the site. Check it out and let me know https://earthquake.kidus.engineer/”

    Post · @kiduschronicless · 12 Oct 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Momentum

Did the updates keep coming?

Two posts across nine months, with updates in only 2 of 10 months and nothing shipped for about a year.

14/100

  • Sustained shipping12/60

    Worked on across 9 months.

  • Consistency2/40

    Updates in 2 of 10 months.

  • Quiet

    No update for 360 days, so scaled to 21%.

Receipts (2)

  1. Earliest post about it.

    “🌍 Ethiopia Earthquake Monitor is Live! Introducing a sophisticated real-time earthquake monitoring platform tailored specifically for Ethiopia! This groundbreaking project leverages advanced technology to provide real-time seismic tracking, risk assessment, and educational resources to enhance earthquake preparedness and safety in Ethiopia. 🌟 Key Features: Real-Time Monitoring: Live data inte”

    Post · @kiduschronicless · 13 Jan 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. Most recent post about it.

    “Hey guys, as you know i made an Ethiopian Earthquake monitor and There are multiple earthquakes happening and you can check using the site i built and there is Sesmic Activity prediction as well as Earthquake risk prediction using Shokribadi Ground motion algorithm and DivS3 optimizations on the site. Check it out and let me know https://earthquake.kidus.engineer/”

    Post · @kiduschronicless · 12 Oct 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Infrastructure

Does a real, working product exist?

A working site on Vercel shows a map, trends, search, alerts and safety guides, so a real but fairly thin product exists. The custom domain currently fails to load, and there are no accounts, docs or status page.

45/100

  • It's live12/20

    The main link didn't respond, but another product link did.

  • HTTPS5/5

    Served over HTTPS.

  • Real product25/35

    The Vercel site loads and has several sections (map, trends, search, alerts, education, safety guide), so it works. The crawled page text is thin, and the main custom domain currently fails to respond.

  • Own home0/10

    Only on a free subdomain or link-in-bio page.

  • Maintained0/15

    Last sign of shipping 2025-10-12.

  • Operations3/15

    There's a public GitHub repo and a Vercel deployment, but no accounts, docs, status page, or API for others to use.

Receipts (4)

  1. The main link didn't respond, but another product link did.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · ethio-earthquake.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  2. The live site responds with Map View, Trends, Search, Alerts, Education and Safety Guide navigation.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · ethio-earthquake.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  3. The custom domain fetch failed, so the latest advertised link isn't reliably up.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · earthquake.kidus.engineer (opens in a new tab)

  4. The site links to a public GitHub repo, and the facts show no accounts, docs, or status page.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · ethio-earthquake.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

Sustainability

Is it being set up to last?

It's on a free host with a custom domain that is down, and there's no pricing, payments, privacy policy, terms, or support contact. It's a solo side project with no visible way to fund itself.

15/100

  • Distribution12/30

    A site on a free subdomain.

  • Payments0/15

    No payment provider found.

  • Pricing0/10

    No pricing found on the site.

  • Revenue0/5

    Nothing in the posts or on the site mentions paying customers, prices or revenue.

  • Privacy policy0/7

    No privacy policy found.

  • Terms0/5

    No terms of service found.

  • Support0/8

    No support contact found.

  • Commitment3/20

    One builder posted twice nine months apart and moved the project to its own domain, which shows some follow-through. There's no team, roadmap, or dedicated community channel.

Receipts (4)

  1. A site on a free subdomain.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · ethio-earthquake.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  2. The post just asks people to check out the site and give feedback, with no mention of customers or revenue.

    “Hey guys, as you know i made an Ethiopian Earthquake monitor and There are multiple earthquakes happening and you can check using the site i built and there is Sesmic Activity prediction as well as Earthquake risk prediction using Shokribadi Ground motion algorithm and DivS3 optimizations on the site. Check it out and let me know https://earthquake.kidus.engineer/”

    Post · @kiduschronicless · 12 Oct 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  3. The launch post in January 2025 introduces the project.

    “🌍 Ethiopia Earthquake Monitor is Live! Introducing a sophisticated real-time earthquake monitoring platform tailored specifically for Ethiopia! This groundbreaking project leverages advanced technology to provide real-time seismic tracking, risk assessment, and educational resources to enhance earthquake preparedness and safety in Ethiopia. 🌟 Key Features: Real-Time Monitoring: Live data inte”

    Post · @kiduschronicless · 13 Jan 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  4. A follow-up in October 2025 points to a new custom domain and mentions added prediction features.

    “Hey guys, as you know i made an Ethiopian Earthquake monitor and There are multiple earthquakes happening and you can check using the site i built and there is Sesmic Activity prediction as well as Earthquake risk prediction using Shokribadi Ground motion algorithm and DivS3 optimizations on the site. Check it out and let me know https://earthquake.kidus.engineer/”

    Post · @kiduschronicless · 12 Oct 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)