Examination and evaluation of real-time oceanographic data on the internet
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Introduction to Questions on Earthquakes:
- The questions are outlined in four separate tables:
- question sets for California ( this page , next page and subsequent page )
- a question set for the Central and Eastern U.S. ( following page )
- Reminder: you should submit your answers via oncourse .
| California Earthquakes: Questions | pt | |
| Recent Earthquakes in California | ||
| Examine the "Index Map of Recent Earthquakes
in Califonia-Nevada" located at: http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latest.htm |
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| 1. | Does the occurrence of earthquakes generally correspond with designated hazardous faults and fault zones shown in brown? HINT | 3 |
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Index Map of Recent Earthquakes in California-Nevada
" follow the link entitled "all earthquakes" to view the listing entitled
"All Earthquakes on Index Map": http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/quakes0.html This listing provides a record of all earthquakes recorded in the last week (168 hours). In answering some of these questions you may need to provide the date, time and location (place name) of specific earthquakes. |
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| 2. | Do you expect there to be any deep (>100km) earthquakes on this list? Explain the reasons for your answer. HINT |
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| 3. | What are the depths of the shallowest and deepest earthquakes from the
list? (Give details of their dates, times and locations) |
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| 4. | What are the magnitudes of the weakest and strongest earthquakes from the list? (Give details of their dates, times and locations) |
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| From the "
Index Map of Recent Earthquakes in California-Nevada
" follow the link entitled "big earthquakes" to view the listing entitled
"Big Earthquakes on Index Map": http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/quakes.big.html This listing provides a record of all earthquakes recorded in the last week (168 hours) that were of magnitude (Richter scale) of 3.0 or greater. |
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| 5. | How many earthquakes are on this list? | 1 |
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