FaultlineLive

See what is happening everywhere

Faultline places wars, earthquakes, storms, outbreaks, unrest, diplomacy, economic shocks and space news on a live 3D globe, with each event scored for impact from 1 to 5. It checks world-news feeds and official hazard services around the clock, and new events appear in every open browser as soon as they are found.

The live dashboard: globe, category legend, activity chart, active situations and headline ticker
The live dashboard: globe, category legend, activity chart, active situations and headline ticker
What it does

The world's events, live on a 3D globe

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Live 3D globe

Events show as pillars coloured by category, with height showing impact from 1 (watch) to 5 (critical), and rings pulse for the last 24 hours.

02

Official hazard data

USGS earthquakes and GDACS alerts for cyclones, floods, volcanoes, droughts and major wildfires go straight onto the map.

03

Situation briefs

Each ongoing situation gets a short brief with a trend, plus a daily 'The world today' brief, always labelled as written by Claude.

04

Ask Faultline

Type a question and get an answer drawn from the events and briefs on the map, with the events it used listed underneath.

05

Map layers

Storm forecast cones, active fires, upcoming rocket launches, internet outages, satellites including the ISS, Starlink and the aurora forecast.

06

Zoom out to space

Keep zooming out and the globe becomes a 3D solar system with the planets in their positions and a two-year time slider.

And there is more
Seven colour-coded categoriesTour mode for wall screensReplay: scrub the time window and watch events unfoldPicture-in-picture live news TVTrust badges: official, multiple outlets, single source, developingPush alerts for situations you followDaily email digestRSS feeds, embeddable widgets and a public read APICountry pages, situation timelines and a weekly reviewShare cards for every event

Runs on: Any modern browser, and it can be added to an iPhone home screen for alerts.

Ready when you are

Faultline is live now.

Open it in any browser. Nothing to install.

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