Finding earthquake data on the Web
Details are still coming in from yesterday’s devastating earthquake in Haiti. At this point, authorities expect sizeable casualties and deaths, mostly because of the magnitude of the earthquake and the crumbling infrastructure in Haiti, one of the world’s poorest countries.
The United States Geological Survey has a wealth of information on earthquakes, including a list here of the world’s deadliest earthquakes.
The agency also has some interactive maps you can download if you have Google Earth installed on your computer. This one shows earthquakes in the last seven days. (Note that it includes a minor earthquake reported earlier this week in Oklahoma.)
–Paul
Written by Paul Monies
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