biggest earthquakes

Jack Moore

Big and Significant EarthquakesConvergent Boundaries

Divergent Boundaries

South American West Coast Greece Alaska India Japan Southern Mexico Indonesia (Philippines, New Guinea, and

Sumatra) Southern Japan Caribbean Mideastern

Alaska w/ Aleutian Islands Western South America (Mostly Chile) Indonesia (Philippines, New Guinea, and

Sumatra) Japan Himilayas (Especially Nepal) Central America (Southern Mexico to Panama

Canal) Southern Europe (Around Greece) Japan San Francisco And L.A. Metropolitan Areas New Zealand And To The Northeast Of It

1,500 Ton presses QuakeSat created by Quakefinder Interferometric-Synthetic Aperture

Radar (InSAR) Satellites equipped with Infrared

Radiation

Earthquakes can’t be fully predicted right now but we can estimate when a new one will occur. For example, scientists think there’s a 2%, 10%, or 50% chance of an earthquake occurring in the San Andres fault. But scientists think they will be able to predict earthquakes soon.

Movement of the plates Heat Past Earthquakes Type of boundary

Almost every big earthquake has occurred on convergent boundaries. For example, the recent Japan earthquake was on a convergent boundary. A few of the small ones also occurred on transform boundaries.

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