A colllection of animations and interactive pieces for earthquakes, tsunamis and the like, focused on Japan.
Earthquake and tsunami:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/world/japan-earthquake.html?hpid=z2
http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/honshu20110311/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=49773
plus this supremely simple but amazingly effective page:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/13/world/asia/satellite-photos-jap...
Collections of tsunami visualizations: http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/ocean/visualizations/tsunami.html
Side-topic: Nuclear reactors
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/world/japan-nuclear-reactors-and...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/17/science/17plume.html?_r=1&hp