The New York Times’ Interactive Map of the Damage from the Earthquake in Japan:
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/flash/newsgraphics/2011/0311-japan-earthquake-map/index.html?hp
I was able to locate the towns where my friend’s brother is teaching English (center of quake zone but far from the nuclear plants, very little structural damage, no casualties) and where my daughter’s camp friend’s family lives (quite a bit south of Tokyo, out of quake zone).
On a cheerier note, a friend pointed me to this T-shirt on Treadless.com combining Eisenlohr’s projection with an image of radio broadcast signal. This is an entry for Oceanic Preservation Society T-shirt Challenge. Theme: Singing Planet. Really neat design.
http://causes.threadless.com/singingplanet/subs/#/submission/1009/
Noreen