Global map of seismicity showing the distribution of large 5.8+ magnitude historic earthquakes derived from seismic wave measurements after the compilation by Hayes (2018). Shown are individual epicentres coloured by depth. For individual earthquake maps see: s-ink.org/historic-earthquake-distribution .
The Scientific colour map ‘oslo‘ is used to represent earthquake depth accurately and to all readers.
- Creator: Fabio Crameri
- Original version: 17.11.2024
- This version: 26.02.2026
- License: Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Specific citation: This graphic by Fabio Crameri representing data from Hayes (2018) is available via the open-access s-ink.org repository.
- Related reference: Hayes, G., 2018, Slab2 – A Comprehensive Subduction Zone Geometry Model: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7PV6JNV
- Light & dark background versions
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- Perceptually uniform colour map
- Colour-vision deficiency friendly
- Readable in black&white
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The dark version of the graphic has been updated on 26.02.2026 to fix a flipped colour scale. Thanks to Laura Triplett for spotting it and letting us know! đŸ’«