Earthquake Activity — 2011
February 13, 2012 at 10:01 AM Leave a comment
Did you know there were 9,323 earthquakes worldwide in 2011? Me either.
Here’s a fascinating video depicting 2011 in earthquake activity. It’s stunning how much activity centers around the western edge of what I believe is called the Pacific plate, i.e., the area immediately to the east of Japan, Indonesia and down to Australia.
Another thing that struck me are the aftershocks continuing to this day off the coast of Japan, triggered by that huge 9.0 earthquake there on March 11, 2011.
This is truly profound to see — the year of 2011 earthquakes plotted out on a orthographic (globe) map — ANIMATED WITH SOUND INTENSITY for each earthquake!!
(Via.)
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