Natural Energy

Unit Four: Dangerous and Natural energy

Lynn Weaver

Kaplan University

SC300-23: Big Ideas in Science: From Methods to Mutation

August 3, 2010

One pattern that I see in the distribution of earthquakes is that there are two areas in the united States that have high seismic activity. One of the areas is in the California area, and the other area is at the edge of the following states Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee. Another pattern that I see is the magnitude of the seismic activity along the fault line in California as well as around the south eastern states listed above.

I live in Fort Plain NY and in the area where I live the color am between a dark gray to a teal color. In the area that I live in I am not in a high risk area of feeling an earthquake. In the past week there has not been an earthquake anywhere near NY.

The only pattern that I see in the distribution of earthquakes is that there are a lot of small magnitudes around the world. There have been over 50 small ones all over the world in the past week. They range around the area of a 2.5 to a 5 in magnitude.

One of the recent earthquakes that had happened was in Main. It was on July 29, 2010 its magnitude was a 2.6. Its location is 44.841 degrees N, 67.643 degrees W. Its depth was 4.4 km (poorly constrained). (USGS, 2010).

I would not want to live in or near any red area on the map. The reason for this is that the closer you are to the red the higher the magnitude is on the earthquakes. Earthquakes cause a lot of destruction to properties if they are severing enough. The closer you are to the red the more prone to having an earthquake.

The USGS resources on earthquakes readiness would help my family and me, by giving us the information that we would need to be prepared for an earthquake. It also gives a list of emergency supplies, and tells us what we should do during an earthquake. It also lets us know on what not to do during an earthquake. It is important to be...