By: Cameron Baller

California Andes Mountains Caribbean Mid-Atlantic Alaska Mediterranean Japan China Indonesia Indian Ocean

What new tools or techniques are seismologists using to help them to predict earthquakes?

The use 3D virtualization to view seismic data, take InSAR images with satellites, Infrared images, Magnets, and QuakeSat to predict earthquakes.

I would update my list by changing Indonesia to Mid-Pacific, California to Western United States, and Indian Ocean to Hawaii.

The place I think is going to have the next big earthquake and is overdue for an earthquake is Alaska because it has had a lot of activity in the past, but not as much recently.

What do you notice about the distribution of these earthquakes?-They are distributed on the boundaries.

How does the distribution of the significant and big earthquakes compare to the others?

-They are on colliding boundaries as apposed to ones that are pulling apart.

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

-Convergent Boundaries. What percentage of big earthquakes occur within 100 miles of a convergent

plate boundary?-47% of big earthquakes occur within 100 miles of a convergent plate boundary.

What percentage of big earthquakes occur within 200 miles of a convergent plate boundary?

-71% of big earthquakes occur within 200 miles of a convergent plate boundary.

What have you learned about earthquakes and earthquake prediction?

-I have learned that earthquake prediction is a complicated process, but, because of the information we have gathered and the new tools we have invented, it is becoming much easier to predict earthquakes.

What factors influence earthquake prediction?-Some factors that could influence earthquake prediction are

volcanoes or other disruption in the earth’s crust. Also, if the tools are not working properly that could skew the data.

Where on Earth do most of the really big earthquakes strike?- Most earthquakes occur on tectonic plate boundaries lines. The

really big ones often occur on convergent boundaries where one plate goes underneath another.