Here's a quick 2d visualization of the data using D3.js. The advantage of a 2d projection is you can see all parts of the globe at once and have quantitative en

Here's a quick 2d visualization of the data using D3.js. The advantage of a 2d projection is you can see all parts of the globe at once and have quantitative encodings that aren't distorted by projection effects. In this case, color+radius encode the magnitude variable, but there is overlap of adjacent circles. http://bl.ocks.org/syntagmatic/6769077 http://bl.ocks.org/syntagmatic/6769077