More about earthquakes and nuclear hazard

The recent events in Japan have put the nuclear debate in the spotlight. Here you have some maps and additional information about the location of nuclear power plants in the world and the areas of seismic hazard. 

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS IN THE WORLD

Source: http://nuclearinfo.net/Nuclearpower/CurrentReactors

NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS RELATED TO EARTHQUAKE ZONES

Source: http://maptd.com/worldwide-map-of-nuclear-power-stations-and-earthquake-zones/

USA COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS 

Source: http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/energy/blogs/nuclear-power-and-earthquake-zones-overlap-in-the-us

USA SEISMIC HAZARD 

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42103936/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS IN SPAIN

Source: http://www.insc.anl.gov/pwrmaps/map/spain.php

SEISMIC HAZARD IN THE MEDITERRANEAN BASSIN

Source: http://www.seismo2009.ethz.ch/gshap/sesame/sesame99.html

And here you have the list of the largest earthquakes by magnitude and by number of victims: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes#Largest_earthquakes_by_magnitude

The Iberian Peninsula suffered a huge earthquake in 1755. This was the Lisbon earthquake and it caused a tsunami that destroyed Portugal´s capital city: Here you have a map of the impact of this tsunami in the Atlantic Ocean: 

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1755_Lisbon_earthquake