- Magnitude 7.2
- ENE of Kuril Islands, Russia
- April 19, 2013 - 15:05 at epicenter
- Depth of 76.0 miles
- Oceanic to Oceanic plates
- Occurred due to normal faulting at intermediate depths where the Pacific and North America Plates converge
- Magnitude 7.8
- 52 miles E of Khash, Iran
- April 16, 2013 - 15:14 at epicenter
- Depth of 51.0 miles
- Continental to Continental plates
- Occurred due to normal faulting along convergence of Arabian Plate and Eurasian Plate
- Magnitude 5.7
- 124 miles NNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia in the Banda Sea
- April 14, 2013 - 07:07 at epicenter
- Depth of 47.0 miles
- Oceanic to Continental plates
- Occurred due to normal faulting as the Australia Plate and the Pacific Plate converged
- Magnitude 4.7
- 391 miles W of Santa Cruz das Flores, Portugal
- April 13, 2013 - 06:08 at epicenter
- Depth of 6.2 miles
- Divergent plates
- Occurred due to normal faulting along the divergent plate line known as the Oceanographers Fracture Zone
- Magnitude 4.1
- 6 miles W of Alberto Oveida Mota, Mexico
- April 16, 2013 @ 19:57 at epicenter
- Depth of 6.2 miles
- Transform plates
- Occurred due to normal faulting along the San Andreas Fault line
Reflection:
This project was very interesting. Through a practical application including the research required to understand what and where to look for, I now have a better understanding of tectonic plates and their relationships to one another. I also found it fascinating to see how many earthquakes occur every day around the world. There were even a couple that were large quakes that I heard about on the news after I had already spotted them on the USGS website and on google earth. I wish I had been able to spend even more time on the project.
