EQMap2 is a real-time earthquake map display for Raspberry Pi screens and desktop monitors.

This fork keeps the original EQMap behavior and adds:

• Dual feed polling (USGS + SeismicPortal EU)
• Real-time clock and additional on-screen stats
• High-resolution display support
• Runtime display settings (time format, distance units, map mode)
• Daily event trending graph
• Daily database playback via python3 EQPlay.py
• Optional RAM disk storage support (/run/shm) to reduce SD card writes
• Volcano alert tracking (USGS HANS)

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/SpudGunMan/EQMap2
cd EQMap2
pip install -r requirements.txt
python3 EQMap.py

• Python 3
• requests
• pygame-ce (recommended over legacy pygame)

If you already have legacy pygame installed, switch cleanly:

pip uninstall -y pygame
pip install pygame-ce requests

Replay saved daily data:

python3 EQPlay.py

For 7-inch ribbon-attached displays on newer Raspberry Pi OS builds:

1. Enable SSH on first boot if needed by creating an empty ssh file in the boot FAT partition.
2. Run sudo raspi-config and enable graphics options needed by your display stack.
3. If touchscreen detection is unreliable, add dtoverlay=edt-ft5406 to /boot/firmware/config.txt.
4. Reboot.

• Update first: git pull
• If display initialization fails with pygame permissions issues, verify framebuffer permissions:

ls -l /dev/fb*
sudo chmod a+rw /dev/fb0

• If one data source is down, the other source should continue to update.
• Test playback mode (EQPlay.py) to validate rendering and stored data.

• 2025.10 Trixie
• Known upstream feed instability has occurred at times with SeismicPortal EU.
• Known pygame Pi issue reference:
  • pygame/pygame#3003

• https://www.amazon.com/ElecLab-Raspberry-Touchscreen-Monitor-Capacitive/dp/B08LVC4KRM/
• https://www.amazon.com/Eviciv-Portable-Monitor-Display-1024X600/dp/B07L6WT77H/

• Original project source: http://craigandheather.net/celeearthquakemap.html
• Original EQMap code is included under docs/src by Craig A. Lindley (2021).

• Additional feeds (tsunami, fault overlays)
• Persist all runtime settings
• More map themes and overlays

Contributions and bug reports are welcome.