Earthquake data -Olivier

Earthquake DataBy:Olivier Martin

Part 3 Step 2 Question Q:What do you notice about the distribution of these earthquakes?

A: They are all in groups around the boundary lines.

Part 3 Step 2 Question Q: How does the distribution of these earthquakes compare to others?

A: They are more by the oceans and are all on the convergent boundaries.

Part 3 Step 2 Question 5

Q: What type of plate boundary is associated with earthquakes that have a magnitude of 7.0 or greater?

A: The occur by Convergent boundaries (the red lines).

Part 3 Step 3 Question 4Q: What Percentage of big earthquakes occur within 100 miles of a convergent plate boundary?

A: 613 out 1286 of 48% of big earthquakes occur within 100 miles of convergent plate boundaries.

Part 3 Step 3 Question 5 Q:What Percentage of big earthquakes occur within 200 miles of a convergent plate boundary?

A: 977 out of 1286 so that is 76% of big earthquakes occur within 200 miles of a convergent plate boundary.

List of the the ten places:Saudi Arabia - Because there have been many large earthquakes in the past.

Idaho - Because I think that they are overdue for one.

Chile - Because It has many earthquakes all the time.

Washington - Because a convergent line goes straight through it, it has a strong possibility to be hit.

India - Because they haven’t had very many.

China - Because China is one really big place it has a bigger possibility to be hit.

Taiwan - Because they have a really big amount of earthquakes all the time.

Brazil - Because they have had very few in the past year and I think that they are overdue for one.

Australia - Because they have had very few in the past year but I think that they will have more.

California - Because they got a lot of earthquakes and sometimes they are big.

What new technology do scientists have to predict

earthquakesNew Technology:

Scientists now use a program called InSAR and it predicts earthquakes and they are developing a satellite that can predict and warn us days and

even weeks before they occur.

London is going to have the next big earthquake.

Overall:

I have learned a lot about earthquakes. I have learned that earthquakes are caused by tectonic plates moving/shifting and creating earthquakes. It helps when scientists can tell through satellites when an earthquake is going to hit, by doing that they can give out a warning to the people.

Some factors that influence earthquake prediction is the weather, satellites, the pressure underneath the rocks, InSAR which is a program, and many small things that are like in the system.

Earthquakes usually occur along the plate boundary lines because the tectonic plates are always moving and that is why earthquakes particularly occur along the place boundary line.