Special Event Archive for March 11, 2011

"Special events" are events considered to be of interest to the research community. These pages serve to collect and share preliminary research results.

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Tohoku, Japan earthquake

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A magnitude 9.0 earthquake has occurred near the east coast of Honshu, Japan, as a result of thrust faulting on or near the subduction zone interface plate boundary between the Pacific and North American plates. This page collects many disparate data visualizations from across the websphere.

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