Mesmerizing Video Shows All The World's Earthquakes Since 2000

Since the year 2000, the world has been rocked by tens of thousands of earthquakes. This mesmerizing animation visualizes each and every one of them.

Created by the U.K.-based visual effects company 422 South, the clip is said to show all the world’s earthquakes of magnitude 4 or greater from 2000 to November 2015.

Earthquakes are represented by dots in the video, with bigger and brighter dots corresponding to stronger quakes. The animation is cumulative (meaning once the dots appear, they remain on the globe), so viewers can see the areas around the world where quake activity is most common, the company says.

Note: The bigger and brighter the dot, the stronger the quake.

Source: Dominique Mosbergen, The Huffington Post January 8, 2016