Earthquake Activity

PART ONE Jaclyn Salevsky

1. Zoom in on Alaska, and estimate how many earthquakes have happened there in the past day.
In the past day, there have been around 22 earthquakes at Alaska.

2. Zoom in on California, and estimate how many earthquakes have happened there in the past day.
In the past day, there have been about 2 earthquakes at California.

3.Locate the largest magnitude earthquake in the world in the past week.
The largest magnitude earthquake this past week was 6.0 near the Southern East Pacific Rise.

4. What was the magnitude?
The magnitude was 6.0.

5. Where was it?
Near the Southern East Pacific Rise.


6. Was it a plate boundary? If so, what kind?
By looking at this map with the plate boundaries, you can see that there is a plate boundary right near where the earthquake took place. Therefore it possibly is a divergent boundary.













PART TWO

Use an internet search to find a news story about an earthquake from the past 6 months.

1. Where was the earthquake?
The earthquake was near the California-Mexico border area.

2. What was the magnitude?
The magnitude was 3.8.

3.Was it at a plate boundary? If so, what kind?
It was a plate boundary, it's a convergent boundary.

4.What kind of impact did the earthquake have on the local population?
The kind of impact it had on the local population was nothing at all, there was no injuries or damage reported.