An Easy Way to Track Recent Global Earthquake Activity
it’s no secret that Japan is earthquake country. Every day, in places all over the world, earthquakes strike with alarming regularity. Many of them are so small that people might not even feel them. That is definitely the case in Japan. We have many small earthquakes; they often seem to hit early in the morning. Sometimes they wake me up, and sometimes I sleep right through them. Occasionally, I first hear about earthquakes in Japan from friends and family back home–even earthquakes that happened near Tokyo! (If you don’t feel an earthquake, you probably survived it!) 
A while back, I came across a good way to track earthquake activity around the world.
Ask.com Recent Earthquake Activity
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As you can see from the slideshow above, the interface is simple, but it offers several useful viewing options.
On the left half of the page, the ten most recent earthquakes are listed, with time/date, location, and magnitude. On the right is a map. The earthquake sites are marked with a red bubble, and a number from 1-10, with “1″ being the most recent. You can click on any of these red bubbles to see detailed information about the earthquake. (If you click on the red circle or the blue hyperlink on the left side of the screen, you’ll get the same result.) You can also zoom in or out.
There are three map styles available: Street, Aerial, and Physical.
Honduras: Street View
Honduras: Aerial View
Honduras: Physical View
The next time you want to find out more about the location and magnitude of recent earthquakes, check it out. Here is the address: http://www.ask.com/earthquake.
Wikipedia has a good article on earthquakes, which is worth reading. By the way, the biggest earthquake I have experienced so far was the Nisqually Earthquake, which hit Washington State, Near Olympia, the capital, in 2001. That was my first. It was a 6.6. That’s strong enough for me.
