source: Reuters, US Geological Survey and Xinhua
edited by Mr Johari
The Recent earthquake phenomena in New Zealand and Japan have impacted many countries globally. The frequency of the earthquakes was tracked and statistical evidence was gathered and presented in the following diagram.
Study the diagram and answer the following question.
Leading Question:
Identify a possible trend in the global earthquakes pattern based on the survey conducted by the US Geological Survey.
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ReplyDeleteThe earth quakes travel in crosses(x) pattern and the magnitude have more increases than decreases.
ReplyDeleteThey all happened around feb and march.
ReplyDeleteThe main quake has spreaded to any island that is near it and causing magnitudes but smaller than the main
ReplyDeleteit usually happened in march but then there is one or two cases in japan and feb
ReplyDeleteThe pattern is that the quake travels in a (x) pattern
ReplyDeleteThey all happened about feb or march and the magnitude of the quakes increases more than it decreases
ReplyDeleteAll the earthquakes happened within the Pacific Ring of Fire
ReplyDeleteThey all happened during March and late Feb.
ReplyDeleteThey all happend near coastal areas.
They all happened in the sea and form a letter L
ReplyDeleteThey happen in certain places like in a pattern and none were on the same day?
ReplyDeletethey increase in frequency as the months go by
ReplyDeleteAgree with Charmaine about the Pacific Ring of Fire
ReplyDeleteThe major quakes which took more lives than the others occurs near the ocean.
ReplyDeleteThe earthquakes happen close to each other, in terms of distance. When one part of the sea has earthquake, there would be another earthquake in that area a while later.
ReplyDeleteThey happen mostly in March
ReplyDeleteThe frequency of the magnitude of the earthquake each time is mostly within the 6.0 to the 7.2 range.
ReplyDeleteMost of the quakes are in march and are mostly 6.0 and above
ReplyDeleteAs the time goes by the number of earthquake that happened increased.The frequency of the days between each earthquake also increased.
ReplyDeleteThey are all happening around march
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