Earthquake Bulletin Changelog

What's new in Earthquake Bulletin 2.4.0

Feb 20, 2024
  • Added feature "Find events in the same area".

New in Earthquake Bulletin 2.3.4 (Aug 19, 2022)

  • Another mainteinance release: updated dependencies.

New in Earthquake Bulletin 2.3.3 (May 8, 2022)

  • Mainteinance release: updated dependencies.

New in Earthquake Bulletin 2.3.2 (Dec 23, 2021)

  • Improved error handling.
  • Updated dependencies.
  • Other minor improvements.

New in Earthquake Bulletin 2.3.1 (Sep 12, 2021)

  • Fixed minor issue related to visualization of GFZ maps.

New in Earthquake Bulletin 2.3.0 (Sep 5, 2021)

  • Switched to a new logging library (Logback). Please reconfigure logging level (from Preferences) if necessary.
  • Improved error handling.
  • Minor improvements.

New in Earthquake Bulletin 2.2.9 (Jul 19, 2021)

  • News:
  • Added release package for macOS-AArch64 (Apple M Series).

New in Earthquake Bulletin 2.2.8 (Jul 10, 2021)

  • Improved resilience to network failure.

New in Earthquake Bulletin 2.2.8 (Jul 10, 2021)

  • Improved resilience to network failure.

New in Earthquake Bulletin 2.2.7 (May 15, 2021)

  • Improved map dialogs compatibility with Linux.

New in Earthquake Bulletin 2.2.6 (Mar 29, 2021)

  • News:
  • Increased the maximum memory allocation size because recently the resolution of GEOFON map images has been incremented and the application could run out of memory.
  • Minor graphical improvements.

New in Earthquake Bulletin 2.2.5 (Mar 15, 2021)

  • News:
  • The Status column in the HTML bulletin is back! It was removed on Oct 8, 2019, when the GEOFON website was renewed, but actually the old-style HTML bulletin is still available at https://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/old, so now the application points to the old version by default. However, it is always possible to configure the version of the decoder and the URL of the bulletin in the application preferences.
  • Improved compatibility with Linux OS.
  • Improved icon resolution.

New in Earthquake Bulletin 2.2.4 (Mar 4, 2021)

  • Fixed HTML bulletin decoder that failed due to breaking changes made to the HTML page (a * character is sometimes added right after the depth value to indicate a shallow earthquake).
  • New Linux release for AArch64 architecture (a.k.a. ARM64).
  • Improved compatibilty with Linux and macOS.

New in Earthquake Bulletin 2.2.3 (May 28, 2020)

  • The Status column is now hidden automatically when the data source is HTML.

New in Earthquake Bulletin 2.2.2 (Oct 10, 2019)

  • Fixed HTML decoder after GEOFON website update. Please note that the Status column is not available anymore when using HTML data source format.

New in Earthquake Bulletin 2.2.1 (Oct 7, 2019)

  • Fixed installer for Windows. Please uninstall any previous version before updating!

New in Earthquake Bulletin 2.2.0 (Sep 22, 2019)

  • Increased result limit from 1000 to 5000.
  • Moment tensors:
  • It's possible to keep opened multiple moment tensor dialogs.
  • The MT link tooltip displays the moment tensor image, if available.
  • Improved installer for Windows. If you experience problems, please uninstall the previous version before.
  • Many other minor improvements.

New in Earthquake Bulletin 2.1.0 (Apr 1, 2019)

  • Added Flinn-Engdahl seismic and geographic regionalization dialog (Tools menu).
  • Improved Set area using map dialog.

New in Earthquake Bulletin 2.0.0 (Feb 25, 2019)

  • Important notes for MS Windows users:
  • It's recommended to uninstall any previous version before upgrading to this version.
  • From this version, the installer will not require administrator rights anymore.
  • If you want to install the application into the Program Files folder or any other system folder, you must run the installer executable as administrator.
  • Changelog:
  • Added status bar.
  • Rearranged application and configuration files.
  • Added support for moment tensor solutions.
  • Added persistent cache for maps and moment tensor solutions.
  • Lots of minor improvements and fixes.

New in Earthquake Bulletin 1.8.0 (Dec 10, 2018)

  • Improved UX.
  • Fixed proxy authentication.
  • Upgraded JRE to v1.8.

New in Earthquake Bulletin 1.7.0 (Nov 25, 2018)

  • Added zoom function to GFZ maps.
  • Replaced embedded Google Maps with OpenStreetMap.

New in Earthquake Bulletin 1.6.2 (Apr 12, 2018)

  • Added HTTPS support, that fixed maps retrieval.

New in Earthquake Bulletin 1.6.1 (Mar 13, 2018)

  • Fixed Save map as... function.

New in Earthquake Bulletin 1.6.0 (Feb 18, 2018)

  • The window’s dimensions are now saved when closing the program.
  • Improved compatibility with Java 9.
  • Porting of Bob Simpson's feregion.pl Perl script in Java (see README.md for further information).

New in Earthquake Bulletin 1.5.1 (Aug 11, 2017)

  • Bug fixing & minor improvements.

New in Earthquake Bulletin 1.5.0 (Aug 6, 2017)

  • CSV export function.
  • Proxy support.
  • GUI improvements.
  • Minor fixes.

New in Earthquake Bulletin 1.4.0 (Jun 18, 2017)

  • Added time zone setting.
  • UI improvements.

New in Earthquake Bulletin 1.3.0 (Apr 13, 2017)

  • Tray icon: added last earthquake info to the tooltip text.
  • Improved logging.
  • Various minor fixes.
  • Search form:
  • added a date selection widget;
  • changed default data source format from RSS to HTML.

New in Earthquake Bulletin 1.2.1 (Apr 13, 2017)

  • Fixed format and validation of date fields (Time Period).
  • Improved Windows installer.

New in Earthquake Bulletin 1.2.0 (Apr 13, 2017)

  • Moved configuration file to the user's application data folder (OS specific).
  • Tray icon: restore on single click.
  • Windows installer (based on Inno Setup).
  • New Linux release for armhf architecture (e.g., Raspberry Pi).

New in Earthquake Bulletin 1.1.0 (Apr 13, 2017)

  • OS X app package & native menu integration.
  • Windows exe launcher.
  • Minor fixes.