Earthquakes, Tectonics, and Nukes, Oh My!

World fault lines, major earthquakes, and nuclear reactors.

I've been bashing my head against GIS visualisation in cesiumjs. It's going slowly so I thought to hammer out this quick win. It looks pretty cool and it'll score points with the missus. Japan's not the only country that likes to build reactors near fault lines. I guess the land is cheap and the local representatives easily bought. Assess your own risks accordingly.

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