Electronic Supplement to
88 Hours: The U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center Response to the March 11, 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku Earthquake

by G.P. Hayes, P.S. Earle, H.M. Benz, D.J. Wald, R.W. Briggs, and the USGS/NEIC Earthquake Response Team

Animated, 3D Timeline of the NEIC Response to the Tohoku Earthquake

The attached movie depicts key 'events' in the NEIC response to the Mw 9.0 March 11 2011 Tohoku earthquake, in a timeline format beginning with the origin time of the event. The movie describes, in a step-by-step view, when hypocentral and magnitude information was derived and released, and when subsequent products were compiled and released, during this real-time response. This timeline includes both internal and publicly distributed products—as discussed in the accompanying manuscript—and documents the range of products produced by the NEIC, and their iterative nature.

Movie

Download: Timeline Animation [Zipped H.264-encoded MP4 file; 35.8 MB]

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