Jeremy's Paper

What patterns to you see in the distribution of earthquakes across the continental United States?

In researching the earthquake patterns across the United States. I noticed that a majority of the earthquakes are located along the western shorelines of California and some small amounts of seismic activities in the lower parts of the south east territories of the United States. These earthquakes occur along the Pacific coast and continue southward along the Pacific coast and North along the Pacific coast.

Locate your home on this map and make a note of the relative risk to you by indicating the color where you live. The USGS also reports on earthquakes around the world. Visit this interactive map to find the latest global earthquake data from the past seven days:

In locating my residential area on the map. I live in an area that is susceptible to an earthquake, but the zone that I live in does not have them. The earthquake zone where I live has an section that is shaded white in color.

What patterns do you see in the distribution of earthquakes around the world?

There are earthquakes appearing in different parts of the world on a daily basis. Alot of the quakes appear along the coast of California and in different parts of the ocean. Earthquake vibrations seem to appear every day on a daily basis through-out various parts of the world.

Click on one of the earthquakes on the map and make a note of its magnitude and region.

The most known region that was affected by an earthquake on a massive scale was located in the region of Eastern Sichuan, China.   The earthquake magnitude was recorded as peaking at a 5.0 on the rictor scale.

Would you be willing to live in one of the red areas on the map? Explain.