The World Earthquake Interactive Map, which can be found here, is a great example of linked data and the power of the Semantic Web. Once it was made, it became effectively a dynamic, self-updating page with rich data. You can filter by magnitude or location, which comes in handy if you want to keep track of the aftershocks in Japan, for example. Credit goes to Google Maps, NASA, US Geological Survey, Li Ding, MIT, and any other sources I have neglected to mention.
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