This page contains a coordinated visualization of all earthquakes of magnitude 5.0 and greater made available through the USGS Earthquake Search and Web Service API and was built using D3.js and Crossfilter.js
The tool allows for exploratory analysis of earthquakes by:
For instance, you may wish to view the most severe earthquakes of the last 100 years, examine the return period of Chilean earthquakes or simply sit back, press 'play', and watch as all significant earthquakes since 1900 occur...