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The USGS sends out earthquake data at regular time intervals. Below you can select a time frame to be displayed on the map.
Select a time: Note: You have full control which layer is shown if you go to the "Layers" tab |
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Historic significant earthquakes
Check the box to see the locations of the largest earthquakes since 1900 with a magnitude over 8.5 (compiled by USGS):
See earthquakes since 1900 that caused >1000 deaths (compiled by USGS):
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This section allows you to query our database. First, specify the time. Second, draw a box around the area you are interested. Default selection is the whole world. Third, use the magnitude and depth sliders to further narrow down your selection.
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This section lets you display volcanoes at different stages in time. If you click on a volcano that has been active in the last week, you see the activity report of the Smithsonian Institute.
Smithsonian Volcano Activity Report:
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Here you can query our database to display volcanoes that have been active since 2008.
Show volcanoes in the year:
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The World-Wide Earthquake Locator, 1994-2012
v6.0, August 2012, created by Christian Boermel Supervisor: Bruce M. Gittings Previous versions: A. Story, E. Kleiser, E. Csete, R. Sui, A. Campbell URL: http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/quakes/ |