This map hire every quake from the last century and plots them out to give a sensation of the incredible scope — and the power — of temblor .
The single-valued function is the work ofNathan Yau at FlowingData . Using USGS stats , Yau plat 72,000 earthquakes topping magnitude of 5.0 scale from the last century , each represent by a white dot . The 10 largest quake of the last 100 years are foreground in lime light-green .
Top trope : Earthquakes over the past century , Nathan Yau , FlowingData .
Looking at the data like this , you certainly get a signified of what areas of the world experience the largest act of earthquakes , But , you also get a sense of the unbelievable magnate of some of the seism , and their aftershocks , that have hit lately .
Themegaquake that hit Chile(where three of the century’smost muscular quakeshave hit ) this month issue forth in it a annihilative 8.2 . But almost as powerful were the series of aftershocks that came in waves after , thestrongest measuring at 7.6 , which even alone would have file as an exceptionally muscular earthquake .
effigy : 8.0 and above quake since 1900,USGS .
This map from the USGS , plotting out all the earthquakes since 1900 that have add up in at over 8.0 , get a similar point about where the most acute temblor go on , and just how hefty some of these aftershocks can be .
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