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High Resolution Earthquake Epicenter Map
June 26, 2012 | IDV User Experience

The IDV User Experience blog has a high resolution map of earthquake epicenters back to 1898. The snippet at right shows the Horn of Africa, the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the earthquake train through the Great Rift Valley.


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