Our thoughts and prayers go out to all affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Please, we encourage all Dashboard Spy readers to help the relief effort if possible. Visit http://www.redcrossphilly.org to find out how or text REDCROSS to 90999 to send $10 to support disaster relief efforts in Japan.

The disaster spawned many infographics. Here is a sampling being distributed across the web (sorry if the attribution is lacking – with all the sharing going on, it’s hard to tell the original creator of these infographics)

New York Times Interactive Map of the Damage from the Japanese Earthquake
View at http://www.nytimes.com/packages/flash/newsgraphics/2011/0311-japan-earthquake-map/index.html

New York Times Tsunami Graphic of Predicted Wave Heights
See more maps at http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/11/world/asia/maps-of-earthquake-and-tsunami-damage-in-japan.html

Walll Street Journal Interactive Graphics: Reactor Monitor (view using that link)

Facebook Infographic (showing reports of the words Japan, earthquake and tsunami over time)

Tsunami Travel Time Infographic