Data Visualisation: Earthquake Strength

September 2022

The goal of my visualisation is to show that Australia experiences significantly more earthquakes than many think. While providing the viewer with a reason for why this misconception exists. Starting from the lens of the earthquake experienced by Canberra residents in September of 2021, and expanding to the greater east coast, I show that earthquakes aren’t rare, just the ones we feel. Displaying that as magnitude increases power greatly increases.

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