I just experineced my first conscious earthquake since moving to California. It seemed pretty mild… I think it’s pretty cool that the USGS had an almost instant feedback system with maps and data (this link). I wonder how long they’ve had that sort of functionality… the USGS might’ve been one of the first really interesting data-driven mapping applications. Their map is organized by zip code, sadly, and you can’t zoom or pan at all. This seems like the sort of thing Google would jump all over… I wonder why they haven’t made an earthquakes map yet (although I did find a link to some Google Earth add-ons for recent earthquake data).