50 Years Of Volcanic Eruptions & Earthquakes

The Global Volcanism Program at the Smithsonian National Museum has released a novel interactive map showing over fifty years of volcanic too earthquake action roughly the world. The Eruptions, Earthquakes too Emissions map too shows volcanic gas emissions (sulfur dioxide, SO2) since 1978.

As the map animation plays through the years bluish dots exhibit rigid earthquakes (with a magnitude of v too above). Red triangles dot the locations of volcanic eruptions. You tin dismiss hover over private markers on the map to persuasion the appointment too scale of the eruption or earthquake. You tin dismiss too click through to persuasion to a greater extent than details on the USGS too Smithsonian Global Volcanism websites.

The map includes filters which let you lot to merely persuasion earthquakes, volcanoes or sulfur dioxide emissions. If you lot desire to run across all action since 1960 on the map at the same fourth dimension too hence merely click on the 'All Events' push at the bottom of the map,