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    The document discusses earthquakes and provides information about a website that tracks earthquake data around the world. It explains that certain areas experience more earthquakes than others due to being located along tectonic plate boundaries. Alaska is given as an example of an area with high earthquake activity, experiencing about one magnitude 7 earthquake per year. The largest recent earthquake occurred on November 6, 2016 in Catamarca, Argentina and measured 5.0 in magnitude at a depth of 152km, having no significant impacts due to its remote location.

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    The document discusses earthquakes and provides information about a website that tracks earthquake data around the world. It explains that certain areas experience more earthquakes than others due to being located along tectonic plate boundaries. Alaska is given as an example of an area with high earthquake activity, experiencing about one magnitude 7 earthquake per year. The largest recent earthquake occurred on November 6, 2016 in Catamarca, Argentina and measured 5.0 in magnitude at a depth of 152km, having no significant impacts due to its remote location.

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    Latest Earthquake Updates and Information

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    Ho Lee Schitt
    The document discusses earthquakes and provides information about a website that tracks earthquake data around the world. It explains that certain areas experience more earthquakes than others due to being located along tectonic plate boundaries. Alaska is given as an example of an area with high earthquake activity, experiencing about one magnitude 7 earthquake per year. The largest recent earthquake occurred on November 6, 2016 in Catamarca, Argentina and measured 5.0 in magnitude at a depth of 152km, having no significant impacts due to its remote location.

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    GuillermoGonzalez

    ProfessorDefoe
    EVR1001
    26November2016
    Assignment#2:Earthquakes
    1.Statetheconceptbehindthewebsite:
    Thewebsiteprovidesthelatestupdatesandusefulinformationontheearthquakesaround
    theworld.Thisusefulinformationrangesfromthemagnitudeoftheearthquake,toitsdateand
    time.
    2.ELABORATEontheconcept:explainfullywhycertainareas(locations)haveamuch
    highernumberofearthquakesthanothers.
    Somecountriesaremorepronetoexperienceearthquakesthanothersduetothefactthat
    certainnationsliealongboundariesoftectonicplates.Thedistributionoftheseearthquakesis
    commonlyassociatedtothemarginsoftheglobalplates.
    3.EXEMPLIFYtheconcept:locate,name,anddescribetheareaofgreatestconcentration
    ofearthquakes.
    IntheUS,Alaskaisthestatewiththemostquakes.Thenumberofearthquakesisunder
    reported,eventhoughAlaskaalreadyaccountsformorethan50percentofallUSearthquakes.
    Eventsinthemagnituderangeof3.5to4.0intheAleutianIslandsarenotrecordedonenough
    seismographstationstobelocated.Alaskaisthemostearthquakepronestateandoneofthe

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    mostseismicallyactiveregionsintheworld.Alaskaexperiencesamagnitude7earthquake
    almosteveryyear,andamagnitude8orgreaterearthquakeonaverageevery14years.
    Worldwide,Indonesiaisinaveryactiveseismiczone,andcomparedtoothercountrieswitha
    largenumberofearthquakessuchasJapan,forinstance,byvirtueofIndonesiaslargersize,it
    hasmoretotalearthquakes.
    4.Illustratetheconcept:Usinggraphs,pictures,and/ortables,andtext,describethe
    largestmostrecentearthquake;provideinformationonitsmagnitude,depth,and
    ecological&biologicalimpactstotheregion.(DothisbyfindingtheWorldListsof
    earthquakesonthesamewebpageandclickingonMagnitude5+.)
    Thelargestmostrecentearthquakehappenedon2016110616:48:34.0UTC,in
    Catamarca,Argentina.ItsmagnitudewasM.5,withadepthof152km.Ithadnohumanitarian
    consequencesduetoitsgeographicallocationawayfromanysignificantpopulation.TheSouth
    Americanarcextendsover7,000km,fromtheChileanmargintriplejunctionoffshoreof
    southernChiletoitsintersectionwiththePanamafracturezone,offshoreofthesoutherncoastof
    PanamainCentralAmerica.ItmarkstheplateboundarybetweenthesubductingNazcaplateand
    theSouthAmericaplate,wheretheoceaniccrustandlithosphereoftheNazcaplatebegintheir
    descentintothemantlebeneathSouthAmerica.Theconvergenceassociatedwiththissubduction
    processisresponsiblefortheupliftoftheAndesMountains,andfortheactivevolcanicchain
    presentalongmuchofthisdeformationfront.RelativetoafixedSouthAmericaplate,theNazca
    platemovesslightlynorthofeastwardsataratevaryingfromapproximately80mm/yrinthe
    southtoapproximately65mm/yrinthenorth.Althoughtherateofsubductionvarieslittlealong
    theentirearc,therearecomplexchangesinthegeologicprocessesalongthesubductionzone

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    thatdramaticallyinfluencevolcanicactivity,crustaldeformation,earthquakegenerationand
    occurrenceallalongthewesternedgeofSouthAmerica.

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