Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Nuclear Power Plants & Earthquake Activity

Nuclear Power Plants and Earthquakes Map

I've always wondered about the advisability of building nuclear power plants on top of fault lines.This Google Map shows global earthquake activity since 1973 and the locations of nuclear power plants around the world.

The map displays a heat map of 75,000 4.5+ magnitude earthquakes since 1973 based on data from the United States Geological Survey. I'm no expert but the map does make me question even more the advisability of building nuclear power stations in places such as Japan and California.

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1 comment:

Twitter said...

GReat Picture but i'm very scare. I'm french boy and the nuclear it's very difficult for me. But your blog is excellent !