Earthquake Pictures & Videos Mapped

NYT - Japanese Earthquake Map

This Google Map from the New York Times displays photographs of the havoc caused by yesterday's earthquake and tsunami. The map also contains information about locations affected by the quake.

YouTube Videos of the Japan Earthquake

Mibazaar has created a Google Map of geotagged YouTube videos of the Japanese earthquake. It is possible to view the videos from the map.

Japan Earthquake Photos

Google Earth Outreach have released this Google Map where anyone can share their photographs of the earthquake. The map has only just been created so, at the time of writing, no photographs have yet been added.

CNN - Earthquake Impact Map

CNN has put together a number of video reports, photos and stories about the Japanese earthquake on this Google Map.

Japan Earthquake Maps - Part Two

Google Crisis Response Map

The Google Crisis Response team has produced a Google Map to show the locations of shelters in Japan and the evacuation area around the Fukushima nuclear plant.

The map also includes layers to show the epicentre of the earthquake and the location of the tectonic plates.

CNN - Earthquake Impact Map

CNN has put together a number of video reports, photos and stories about the Japanese earthquake on this Google Map.

National Data Buoy Center Map

The NDBC uses Google Maps to show buoys in 'event' mode. Using the map you can view the measurements of water height for the last 5 days.

Using the map you can view the effect of yesterday's tsunami across the Pacific Ocean.

Earthquake Tweet Map

Mibazaar has rolled out his Tweet response map for the Japan Earthquake. The map allows you to view the latest real-time news from Japan as posted to Twitter. The map shows the latest Tweets concerned with the earthquake.

Seismic Activity in the Last 7 Days

This Google Maps from MapLarge shows seismic activity over the last 7 days. The map markers are color-coded and sized to reflect the strength of activity at different locations.

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Japan Earthquake Maps

HTML5 Styling of Google Maps

Sparkgeo - Where Are You Demo

Sparkgeo has created a nice demo of an animated HTML5 radial gradient placed on top of a Google Map. The HTML5 canvas radial gradient adds a nice effect to the map and helps to focus the eye of the user on a particular location. However this won't work unless the user has a modern web browser (Internet Explorer users are likely to be disappointed).

Sparkgeo has even been kind enough to provide a tutorial on how the effect is created. Sparkgeo has also produced a tutorial on how to add labels to your map using the makerWithLabel.js extension, created by Gary Little, which can be found in the Google Maps Utility Library

To provide another demonstration of the gradient effect I've added it to this map of the London Blitz.