Seismicity of the Earth 1900–2007

I was just on USGS and discovered this under their featured item, released last month. The PDF downloadable map is a comprehensive overview of earthquakes with a magnitude range from 5.5 to 9.5 from 1900-2007. It includes the magnitudes, hypocenter depths, rupture zones, active volcanoes and other detailed information. This is a great map they put together, Enjoy!

Although I realize earthquakes are more prevalent in other parts of the Pacific, I don't think I've never seen a time duration map showing how few, strong earthquakes the North American coast actually has in comparison. I'm including a few screen captures for those that don't want to download the file.


Overview Map




Japan Region




Southern Mexico and Northern Central America Region




Aleutian Islands Region




Northern Chile Region




Soloman Islands Region




Western United States

Could you fix the URL/Links? They are not working. Thanks!
(Wanna see the hi-res versions!!)

I would but I no longer have an editing option and I'm unsure what I did wrong in the first place. The embedded links aren't working on your end?

Hope you can get the links working soon.

I lost the edit the other day also, not sure why.

I will be watching this.

You can access the pics here if you can't see them above. Ghost of Chewie, the edit option is removed a few hours after posting.

Edit to hopefully fix images

Overview Map



Japan Region



Southern Mexico and Northern Central America Region



Aleutian Islands Region



Northern Chile Region



Soloman Islands Region



Western United States


[edit on 8/6/2010 by Three_moons]