It started as a Twitter account during the Tohoku 2011 earthquake, and then subsequently became a “real” service; the IP owners for the Eva agreed to let them use it going forward.

Get the app

The Nerv app is quite good. It usually gives real-time alerts faster than the official sources.

You can even have the weird experience of being notified of an earthquake, watching the shockwave move outward from the epicenter, and feeling it as it passes.

You can keep an eye on this english tracker in the browser too https://earthquakesjapan.com

Somewhat unrelated but how did you find the process of moving to Japan (assuming you emigrated there)