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World-Wide Earthquake Locator: Mapping Interface

Earthquake activity 13-19 January 2010

Earthquake activity 13-19 January 2010

Who knew?

Like so many who live in the popular culture and subcultures called America, unless network news, blogging journalists, or my Twitter stream calls attention, I’m unlikely to know of ground shaking events beyond shout outs from The Algorithmic Authority. However, once I know what I’m looking for–let’s say, “earthquake reports global“–then Google’s pretty handy.

Earthquakes TW3: That was the week that was

Turns out, Port-au-Prince, Haiti is not the only place experiencing seismic activity. Check out Edinburgh Earth Observatory’s Earthquake Locator: Mapping Interface. Evidently, there may be more coming to the disaster management and humanitarian relief efforts, sooner than we appreciate.

Who you gonna call?

Me? May I suggest the folks at the Center for Excellence, Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance?