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Bumelerze, an earthquake app built for Kurdistan

bumelerze.com ↗ · Civic & Public Life · score 88.0
○Open: public page gives enough substance to understand the site $Paid: pricing, booking, ecommerce, subscription, or paid access is visible ADAds: visible ad load or ad-supported content ✦Pretty: notable design, copy, craft, or presentation ◆Pro: polished, finished-feeling, serious, or operationally mature ◇Niche: specific audience, workflow, or unusually focused use case ◉Human: personal, local, community, civic, handmade, or real-person signal !Suspicious: scammy, spammy, trust theater, finance fog, or credibility concern

A multilingual earthquake information and reporting app for Kurdistan and Iraq, combining live feeds, felt reports, regional SHAKEmaps, and safety guidance.

Why it surfaced

Bumelerze merges USGS, EMSC, and GEOFON data into one feed, lets people submit one-tap felt reports offline, and computes regional intensity maps for earthquakes that global services may not map. Its Kurdish-first safety guidance and open-data links give the site a clear public-service purpose rather than merely presenting another generic map.

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