California Earthquake Fault Activity Map #googlemaps

California Geological Survey has just released the California State Earthquake Fault Activity Map. The release coincides with California State Geological Survey's 150th Anniversary.

The Earthquake Fault Activity Map is color coded and shows which faults were active recently. The faults colored red indicate recent activity and the less active faults are color coded as purple. (via Silicon Valley Mercury News)

China (Yushu, Qinghai) Earthquake Imagery #geoeye #googlemaps

On Tuesday April 13th, a powerful 7.1 earthquake hit Qinghai province in China. The earthquake caused extensive damage and almost 1700+ lives were lost. The scale of the damage can be seen with these images from the region. Here's a image from GeoEye showing the destruction. Click on the image for a larger high resolution view of the destruction.



Image grab from Google Maps prior to the earthquake



(Note: Download this KML for a view in Google Earth of before and after earthquake imagery from Yushu, China - via Google LatLong Blog)

Southern California Earthquake Tweets #earthquake #googlemaps

Southern California (BAJA, California, Mexico) got hit by a powerful 6.9 earthquake this evening. This just happened moments ago so the damage if any is not known but one can guage the situation on the ground by looking at tweets from the region. I have quickly put together this Google Maps Mashup which looks at tweets from Southern California (related to earthquake). The tweets are within 750 miles radius from Los Angeles. The map moves on to the next tweet after 5 seconds.

Chile and Haiti earthquake maps mentioned in Google Earth Outreach Showcase

Google Earth Outreach showcases how non-profit and public benefit organizations are using Google Earth and Maps to visualize their cause.

I would like to pass this along that couple of my maps related to Haiti and Chile Earthquakes have been mentioned at the Google Earth Outreach Showcase Gallery. They are

• Chile Earthquake - GeoTagged YouTube Videos
• Chile Earthquake Tweets
• Haiti Earthquake - GeoTagged YouTube Videos
• Geographically Organized Haiti Volunteer Opportunities

Earthquakes from around the world in last 24 hours

There is a lot of activity/movement going on deep inside our Earth. This Google Maps Mashup I created shows the latest earthquakes from around the world during last 24 hours. The data source for this mashup is usgs.gov.

The map plots the markers for all the earthquakes during last 24 hours with the information window opening up for the most recent earthquake first. The information window has a forward/back arrow which will take you to the next/prev earthquake. The map initially is in auto-play mode as the next information window opens up after every 8 seconds. The auto-play mode is cancelled once you click on the arrow buttons.

Chile Earthquake - GeoTagged YouTube Videos #chile #earthquake #youtube #googlemaps

Here's a map I put together of Geotagged YouTube Videos which show the severity of massive earthquake which struck Chile early on Saturday.

There are forward and back buttons below the video which will take you to the next or previous videos.

Chile Earthquake Tweets on 3D Globe Map #chile #earthquake

Here's another look at Chile Earthquake Tweets. This time it is on a 3D Globe Map. This was created using Poly9 Globe API. It works exactly the same as the Google Maps Mashup of Chile Earthquake Tweets which I created yesterday (mentioned in my previous post).

Chile Earthquake Tweets #googlemaps #chile

A Massive Earthquake (8.8) hits Chile this morning. Twitter activity from region is just now picking up. Here's a Map (Google Maps) I put together which grabs tweets from Santiago and 1500 miles out and plots it on Google Maps.

Haiti Volunteer Opportunities - #allforgood #haiti #googlemaps

There are lot of people wanting to help out with the "Haiti Earthquake" relief effort. But where do you look for help? Allforgood.org is one such place where you can look for volunteer opportunities.

Fortunately Allforgood provides us with a API to access "volunteer opportunities" data. So I signed up for access to Allforgood API and created a "Haiti Earthquake" Volunteer Opportunities Google Maps Mashup.

Initially when you load the mashup page it shows you volunteer opportunities in your area (if any). However you can look for opportunities in other areas by typing in the location in the form located on the left side of the map.

(Note: I tried various international locations (outside US) and it looks like there is no data available for outside US)

Haiti Earthquake - Geotagged YouTube Videos #haiti #earthquake #googlemaps

Here's a map I put together of Geotagged YouTube Videos which show the severity of massive earthquake which struck Haiti yesterday.

There are forward and back buttons below the video which will take you to the next or previous videos.

Haiti Earthquake tweets #haiti #disaster #googlemaps

Haiti got hit with a major earthquake today. CNN is reporting that "Serious Loss of Life is expected". Twitter activity from the region is just a trickle. However there's a lot of twitter reaction from Eastern/South Eastern United States and some from the Caribbean. Here's a look at some of the reaction in this Google Maps Mashup I put together.

California (Eureka) Earthquake Tweets #earthquake #googlemaps

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the shore of Northern California, leaving a lot of folks without power. Here is a Google Maps Mashup which I put together which shows tweets from around Northern California related to the Earthquake.

Geo Tagged Videos - Earthquake in Italy

A powerful earthquake hit L'Aquilla and other towns in central Italy resulting in numerous casualties. There is quite a bit of reporting on this tragedy on YouTube. Here's a list of geo-tagged videos which I compiled from YouTube and which are shown on Google Maps.

A swarm of earthquakes off of British Columbia Coast

Just saw this breaking news on CNN that "A Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake has rocked Vancouver Island, Canada". CNN did not have more details so I checked out Google News and came across this from Winnipeg Sun:

There’s a whole lot of shaking going on off the west coast of Vancouver Island.

Here's more info from US Geological Survey website:

All the latest Earthquake information (Google Maps Mashup)

Google Map of Earthquake in United Kingdom

United Kingdom was hit by the largest earthquake in almost a quarter century, early on Wednesday February 27th, 2008. The earthquake was centered about 200 kilometers (125 miles) north of London, the British Geological Survey said.

The earthquake was felt across large parts of England. Check out Mapperz blog for locations in England where the Earthquake was felt (clicking on the markers opens up information window with info on magnitude)