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DPIP

Disaster Prevention Information Platform

  • Android
  • iOS

Earthquake early warnings, live intensity, weather, and hazard alerts, in one app.

  • No ads
  • Battery-friendly
  • Real-time alerts
DPIP home screen: a radar map and current weather for Zhongzheng District, Taipei

What you can see

Earthquake early warnings, live intensity, hazard maps, and a 24-hour forecast.

For official earthquake and weather information, refer to the Central Weather Administration (CWA).

Earthquake early warning

ExpTech relays the Central Weather Administration (CWA) earthquake early warnings. Seismic waves take seconds to tens of seconds to reach you, and the notification goes out in that window. The app also shows detections from the TREM seismic network; they are unofficial automated observations, and CWA releases always prevail.

Live intensity and reports

Earthquake reports, and how the shaking spreads. Live intensity uses station data from TREM-net, the TREM seismic network.

TREM data are unofficial observations; the Central Weather Administration's releases always prevail. Under the Meteorological Act, they must not be used to predict earthquakes or to issue earthquake warnings. Read the full notice

Hazard maps

Live rainfall, radar, satellite, and typhoon information in one place. Hazard alerts issued by the CWA, the National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR) and other agencies are relayed to the app as well.

24-hour forecast

The latest 24-hour weather forecast.

Download and beta

Install the release from the stores. To try the next version before it ships, join the beta.

Beta

  • iOS · TestFlight
  • Android · Google Play

The two platforms are reviewed and published on different schedules, so the same version may not show up on both at once. A beta can be unstable, and it may not work the same way as the release. In an emergency, do not use it as your only source of information.

Join the beta

Changelog

Features, changes, and fixes for each version are listed in the changelog.

Read the changelog

Privacy

DPIP uses location so it can relay hazard alerts, issued by the CWA and other agencies, for where you are or nearby. The privacy supplement describes how.

  • You can allow the device’s precise location, or set your township in the app.
  • After you allow precise location or set a township, DPIP reads that location in the foreground or background, either periodically or continuously, and sends it to ExpTech servers with a randomly generated notification ID. What is sent contains no name, phone number, e-mail or other data that directly identifies you, and the servers do not keep your location history.
  • To stop sharing precise location, turn off DPIP’s location permission in system settings.