1. Copy and color the US Earthquake Hazard Map at this site
2. Color online the seismometer
3. Your group using Microsoft Excel construct a bar graph comparing the magnitude of the top ten earthquakes in the World since 1900. Once finished with the graph, use the coordinates below of each earthquake and place them in order (1-10) on the world map or one that is provided by your teacher.
Location Date
Mag
Coordinates
|
1. |
1960 05
22 |
9.5 |
38.26
S |
72.15
W |
|
|
2. |
1964 03
28 |
9.2 |
61.02
N |
147.65
W |
|
|
3. |
1957 03
09 |
9.1 |
51.57
N |
175.34
W |
|
|
4. |
1952 11
04 |
9.0 |
52.75
N |
159.50
E |
|
|
5. |
1906 01
31 |
8.8 |
1.0
N |
81.5
W |
|
|
6. |
1965 02
04 |
8.7 |
51.23
N |
178.52
E |
|
|
7. |
1950 08
15 |
8.6 |
28.5
N |
96.5
E |
|
|
8. |
Kamchatka |
1923 02
03 |
8.5 |
54.0
N |
161.0
E |
|
9. |
Banda
Sea, Indonesia |
1938 02
01 |
8.5 |
5.25
S |
130.5
E |
|
10. |
Kuril
Islands |
1963 10
13 |
8.5 |
44.9
N |
149.6
E |
4.
Your group will now need to using
the first seven sites of the earthquake data above and find pictures and
information about the damage these earthquakes caused. Place this
information into a multimedia format to share with the class.
Page created by Kay Howley, Donna Macdonald
and Dayle Wright
Orchard School faculty members
This page last updated: 06/22/05 .