biggest earthquakes
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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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