1. Earthquake Data
By: Perry Kaplan

2. Map

3. Earthquake List
1. Thailand
2. Japan
3. Chile
4. Australia
5. India
6. Italy
7. Indonesia
8. Philippines
9. Columbia
10. California

4. Updated List
1. Japan: Because they just had a major 9.0 earthquake and they are experiencing
many aftershock quakes. To prove my point japan experienced a large aftershock
of 7.2 less than an hour after the major one hit.
2. Chile: The reason Chile is ranked in at number two is because on january first
they received a large7.1 magnitude quake and since they have received small
aftershocks most recently as of 12/29/11 a small 4.7. Chile is Located on the
border of the South American plate.
3. California: The reason california is number three is because it is right on the
north american plate boundary. it also has aftershocks from japan which travel
and hit california almost daily.
4. Alaska: There were 32 minor earth quakes in alaska today the largest at3.3 and
some as low as 1.2.Plus it is right on the north american plate boundary Even
though the quakes are small I think with so many constant earthquakes there
will be a large one soon.
5. Australia: Over the past month of March Austria has had a range of quakes from
1.0 to 7.2. this is likely to continue and that is why they are number four on my
top ten list of places where quake will hit next.

5. Updated List
6. Italy: the last major earthquake to hit italy was a 6.3 quake leaving 308 dead,
1,500+ injured and 65,000+ left homeless. This occurred on April 6th 2009. This
place has not had a major quake in a while and it is located right on the border
of the Eurasian plate boundary and the African plate.
7. Indonesia: The Largest quake to ever hit was on december 26th 2004 recording
as a whopping 9.3.The Pacific, Eurasian and australian plate are all surrounding
Indonesia. With so many plate boundary I think indonesia will be a good zone
for a major earthquake.
8. Philippines: The most recent Earthquake experienced in the Philippines
occurred 3/30/11 at 8:03 and was recorded as a 3.1 magnitude. this happened in
Mamburao. There were four quakes today march 31st ranging from 2.5 to 3.2. I
think that these could be pre-shocks for the Philippines.
9. Columbia: Columbia will be a major quake zone because they are right on the
edge of the south american plate. They are located on the west coast of south
america which is very earthquake prone.
10. India: On the map we made on ARC Explorer there was so much seismic
activity around india you could barely see its borders. I think this will be the
next big earth quake because it is surrounded by a fault line and has some large
seismic history. some of this is the quake of 2004. it was recorded as a 9.3 and
was the third largest quake ever measured.

6. Which Places are Overdue for a
Earthquake
There are many places that are over due for
earthquakes. Some of the main places are Russia
and Greenland. They have not had many
earthquakes in a long time. They are also really
close to plate boundaries. Part of the Eurasian
boundary goes through the Eastern part of
Russia. The last time Greenland experienced a
major earthquake was on February 17th 2009. The
earthquake on October 7th 2010 was the last
major earthquake to hit Russia.

7. What have you learned about
Earthquakes and Earthquake
prediction
I have learned that Earthquakes are very hard to
predict. there is no sure way to insure that a
earthquake is going to happen. One major thing I
learned is that earthquakes hit many places every
day at low forces. I used to think earthquakes
were occasional and they were all large and
destructive ones. I think this is a very important
to study because it can help to inform people on
where they decide to live or even vacation.

8. What factors influence
earthquake prediction
Some of the factors that influence earthquake
prediction are Earth quake history around that region
and plate boundary location. Quake history can help
predict earthquakes because if there just was a quake
there could be after shocks. It could also tell someone
that there is gonna be a quake if there was a lot of
earthquake data for that location. The second
influence is the plate boundary location this can help
influence the prediction because if a are is located on
or by a plate boundary is has a better chance of having
seismic activity.

9. Where on earth do most of
the big earthquakes strike
Most of the big earthquakes strike in the Eastern
region of Asia. They strike here because they are
convergent plate boundaries. This means that the two
plate boundaries are pushing together. This causes
movement of the earths plates resulting in
Earthquakes and Tsunamis. The Eastern region of Asia
is located on the boundary of the Eurasian and Pacific
plate.

10. Citations
❖ http://www.aeic.alaska.edu/recent/sub/index.html
❖ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Chile
❖ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Japan
❖ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_California
❖ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Italy
❖ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Indonesia
❖ http://earthquake.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/update_SOEPD/EQLatest.html
❖ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_India