Thursday, April 12, 2018

Assignment #6 (due 4.13)

Please research an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 or greater which occurred somewhere in the world within the last 10 years. Your earthquake may not be from the states of Washington or Oregon. For your earthquake, please bring the following information to class on 4.13:

  1. The location of the earthquake.
  2. The magnitude of the earthquake.
  3. The GPS coordinates of the earthquake. (You can enter the address of the quake here to find the GPS coordinates: https://www.gps-coordinates.org/.)
  4. A printout of the seismogram with the p, s, and surface waves identified.