Real Time Earthquakes
Luis Perez
Kaplan University
July 31, 2012

The patterns that I observed I’ve noticed that the majority of earthquakes occur along the shorelines of California all the way to the coast of Washington. There are some small amounts of seismic activity in the central part of the United States and also on the eastern shore of the United States. Most of their earthquakes range up 6 to 8 on the scale. These earthquakes occur along the Pacific coast and continue southward along the Pacific coast and North along the Pacific coast. According to the map, there are a few states in the northern region that don’t see any seismic activity including parts of Texas and Florida.
Looking at the map currently I live at El Paso, TX and it shows it in the 8-16 area that is susceptible to an earthquake, but in the zone where my home of record is located, the state of California they are more susceptible in having big major earthquakes for example; the San Francisco earthquake in 1989. The earthquake zone for that area is shaded in with the red and orange which the highest in the scale. According to the data from USGS, in the past 7 days the State of California recorded 207 earthquakes.
Earthquakes happen around the world on a daily basis in Japan, South America, and other regions of the world. Most of the earthquakes appear along the western coast of the United States and in different parts of the ocean. Patterns also show a lot of the earthquakes that occur in the world are on or near a fault line so of course, earthquake activity is going to be constant.
I clicked on one of the regions on the map. The one I clicked was Magnitude of 3.0; Region 10 km SE of Prague, Oklahoma.
I would be willing and would not mind at all to live in any of the red areas associated earthquake activities. You could I became costumed to the earthquakes since originally I’m from California. It does not other as much because I know what to do. I know the red zone is considered to be known for high magnitude earthquakes. I really feel comfortable staying and living in a red area.
The USGS has resources on their website that are very helpful for earthquake preparedness. The web site has information of what supplies my family would need after a major earthquake. Also it tells and shoes what to do and see what kind of damage to look out like gas lines or water lines. Knowing what to do after an earthquake and during is important because perhaps this could the best way to prepare my family for any earthquake or any other disaster. Practicing an evacuation plan will be a good idea that way every family member will be ready and safe.

The most destructive earthquakes on the list from what I saw are as follows;
2012/04/11,08:38,2.311,93.063,8.6,Off the west coast of northern Sumatra 2011/03/11,05:46,38.322,142.369,9.0,Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan The two most recent earthquakes from are as follows; 44km NW of Nuku`alofa, Tonga, 4.8 Mag 112km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines, 4.6 Mag With all of this information and data, it tells that scientist and researchers have come a long on how to predict earthquakes more efficiently. As time goes new technology gets developed which it makes easier and easier to predict where and when an earthquake is going to strike. A key goal of earthquake research is to increase the reliability of earthquake probabilities this process is carry out by scientists by studying the history of big earthquakes in a precise area and the rate at which tension build up in the rock this is done in order to determine the future likelihood of similar large shocks.
Researchers would probably have access to such tools as seismometers, which measures ground movement. These devices are able to determine the size of seismic waves created by earthquakes and give scientists a better view of what is going on. The desire to learn more on how to predict earthquakes is probably on top of every scientist. By doing so it will help greatly to aid officials in helping the general population prepare for earthquakes. Growing populations cities and in urban areas are becoming a concern. That is why construction and engineers are working on ways to house and buildings to be safer and be able to withstand the power of an earthquake.
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REFERENCES

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33861.pdf