Showing posts with label Pacific Ring of Fire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pacific Ring of Fire. Show all posts

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Earthquake Map of the US and the Philippines

The Daily Mail says

But 39 out of the 50 states – including New York and Tennessee – have moderate to high seismic hazard risk.

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That still a lot better compared to the Philippines...

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...where except for a few spots, the entire archipelago seems in a high risk zone. Map from USGS

The Philippines is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire belt, where “About 90% of the world's earthquakes and 80% of the world's largest earthquakes occur”

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Have a nice day.