Bosco's RockPile Terra Infirma

Seismology & Data

Live ground motion and local weather from Bosco's backyard station in Soquel, California.

The RockPile keeps an eye on the living earth, not just the fossil one. A backyard station in Soquel, California records ground motion around the clock and tracks the local coastal-mountain microclimate. Both feeds are live below — the seismograph refreshes on its own every five minutes, and the radar updates straight from the National Weather Service.

Live Helicorder

Live Helicorder · Seismic Activity ● Live · updates every 5 min
Live 24-hour helicorder trace from the Soquel seismic station
Each horizontal line is 60 minutes of ground motion — time runs left to right, top to bottom. Darker traces mean stronger motion. A 24-hour rolling window recorded by a backyard station in Soquel, California, refreshed here automatically every five minutes.

Local Weather & Radar

Monterey Bay Heights

Soquel, California · Elev. 405 ft

--°F
Feels like --°F
N E S W
-- mph from --
gust -- mph
Humidity
--%
Dew Point
--°F
Pressure
--in
Rain Today
--in
Today’s High: --°F
Low: --°F
Max Gust: -- mph
Updating…
Data: Weather Underground · AcuRite Iris
Soquel Weather · Station KCASOQUE98 Open live dashboard →

Live NWS KMUX radar (Mt. Umunhum) — the primary coverage for the Santa Cruz Mountains and Soquel — loaded directly from weather.gov. Current temperature, humidity, pressure, and wind are on the Weather Underground dashboard for personal station KCASOQUE98. · Soquel forecast · NWS Bay Area

Station Specifications

SeismographWindows helicorder pipeline — 24-hour rolling PNG
Seismo updateEvery 5 minutes (automated upload)
Weather stationAmbient Weather PWS · Weather Underground ID KCASOQUE98
RadarNWS KMUX (Mt. Umunhum), via weather.gov
LocationSoquel, California (Santa Cruz County)