Shaking it up
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robinandrews/2019/04/26/watch-100-years-of-earthquakes-rock-the-world-in-this-incredible-animation/#6c548c01732d
I found this article by Forbes fascinating. I am kind of obsessed with earthquakes. I think it was growing up on a fault line in Northern Utah. My dad was also on the Ham Radio Emergency Team for Utah County. They did a lot of preparation for "the big one".
In the video, you can see all the recorded earthquakes from the past 100 years.
A few things I noticed:
-It was obvious where the ring of fire was located. The ring of fire is responsible for 90% of Volcanic activity. I was able to recognize the 2 convergent Oceanic lithospheres creating a Volcanic island arc on the Pacific side. I had never noticed they seem to be shaped in an arc. You could also see the Convergent oceanic and continental lithospheres on the Pacific Northwest. The earthquake map corresponded with the plates and volcanic activity.
-It was also interesting to see which earthquakes occurred on the plate boundaries and which occurred in the middle of the plates.
-Increase of earthquake frequency.
Is this related to tracking advances or increase frequency?
-Africa seemed to have the least amount of earthquakes. Could this be reporting and mapping? Could it be because the plate edges are not in the coastal region?
It is neat to begin to use my limited understanding to understand the earth!
I found this article by Forbes fascinating. I am kind of obsessed with earthquakes. I think it was growing up on a fault line in Northern Utah. My dad was also on the Ham Radio Emergency Team for Utah County. They did a lot of preparation for "the big one".
In the video, you can see all the recorded earthquakes from the past 100 years.
A few things I noticed:
-It was obvious where the ring of fire was located. The ring of fire is responsible for 90% of Volcanic activity. I was able to recognize the 2 convergent Oceanic lithospheres creating a Volcanic island arc on the Pacific side. I had never noticed they seem to be shaped in an arc. You could also see the Convergent oceanic and continental lithospheres on the Pacific Northwest. The earthquake map corresponded with the plates and volcanic activity.
-It was also interesting to see which earthquakes occurred on the plate boundaries and which occurred in the middle of the plates.
-Increase of earthquake frequency.
Is this related to tracking advances or increase frequency?
-Africa seemed to have the least amount of earthquakes. Could this be reporting and mapping? Could it be because the plate edges are not in the coastal region?
It is neat to begin to use my limited understanding to understand the earth!
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