August 23rd, 2011
mattstiles

Mapping 2011 Earthquakes

This 2011 earthquakes map, rendered in Google Earth, shows just how rare seismic events are on the East Coast: 

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UPDATE: Adding historical data I discover…

This map shows earthquake hazards in various parts of the country: 

The resulting maps are derived from seismic hazard curves calculated on a grid of sites across the United States that describe the frequency of exceeding a set of ground motions.

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This map uses symbols and colors to visualize the “seismicity” of the lower 48 states:  

Source: USGS

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  1. squky reblogged this from mattstiles
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  3. kuwaitigenius reblogged this from sunfoundation and added:
    This 2011 earthquakes map, rendered in Google Earth, shows just how rare seismic events are on the East Coast: View...
  4. sunfoundation reblogged this from mattstiles and added:
    Click through for even more
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  7. mynameisjonis reblogged this from mattstiles and added:
    WHAT UP NOW EAST COAST!
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  10. sweetcheesyjesus reblogged this from npr and added:
    DC Earthquake. Also known as scaring the life out of me and making me run faster than I ever have in my entire life.
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  13. thatsterriblewhywouldyoudothat reblogged this from mattstiles and added:
    …wait, what? bro, you’re mixing up quake occurrences...peak ground acceleration. those are...
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  18. wmae reblogged this from npr and added:
    ahahahahahahahahahahaha
  19. davidtheminecrafter reblogged this from npr and added:
    I live on the east coast, so how could I not feel this? Maybe it’s because I’m in the south.
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  21. sowthpaw reblogged this from npr and added:
    In a way, I feel kinda lucky. Never experienced an earthquake before (it wasn’t super intense, but I definitely noticed...
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    I’ve seen a few posts already with some people saying things like how this isn’t as bad as what Japan and Chile had had....
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