Gist bb974dcf54acc39a81cb60d79bf0aa5c

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Gist bb974dcf54acc39a81cb60d79bf0aa5c

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Last edited Feb 8, 2017

Created on Feb 8, 2017

This example plots earthquake epicenters as points on a map using GeoJSON features. It renders the geographic coordinates with `d3.geoPath` and a map projection, while each point is positioned via `d3.forceSimulation` to avoid overlapping labels. The visualization shows five recent seismic events, with the primary ID as magnitude and the secondary ID as a location description. The code uses D3’s force-directed layout to spread the point markers, and the map background likely comes from a geographic shapefile or topojson layer, making the data immediately readable by region.

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