Wanted: Oscar Obsidian - Auckland Museum
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Activity<br />
Sheet<br />
ACTIVITY SHEET<br />
PLOTTING VOLCANIC DATA (PAGE 1)<br />
Plot the data about deep and shallow earthquakes and volcanoes on the map of the Pacific Ocean. Select<br />
different symbols for the two types of earthquakes and volcanoes.<br />
· What do you notice when all the data has been recorded?<br />
· What is this region of the world named because of this phenomenon?<br />
· Where else would you expect earthquakes to occur in this region?<br />
· Compare your map with another completed map from a textbook or from computer sources. Find the<br />
scientific explanation for the occurrence of the shallow and the deep earthquakes. You could write an<br />
explanatory caption for your map.<br />
Deep Earthquakes.<br />
Below 100-700km. Scarcely<br />
noticed on the surface.<br />
Kamchatka Peninsula<br />
Alaskan Peninsula<br />
Mexico<br />
Peru, Andes Mtns<br />
Chile, Andes Mnts<br />
Northern Japan<br />
Sumatra<br />
Java<br />
Philippines<br />
N. Coast New Guinea<br />
Vanuatu<br />
Samoa<br />
North Island N.Z<br />
South Island N.Z.<br />
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Shallow Earthquakes. Within the<br />
top 20km of the crust. Much damage<br />
and death.<br />
(dates over the last 200 years)<br />
San Francisco 1906, 1990<br />
Tokyo 1923, 1948,<br />
Kobe 1995<br />
Chile 1906, 1939, 1960<br />
Peru 1868, 1970<br />
Nicaragua 1972<br />
Ecuador, 1868, 1949<br />
Philippines 1976<br />
Venezuela 1875<br />
Columbia 1875<br />
Guatemala 1976<br />
New Guinea 1976<br />
New Zealand, Wellington 1855<br />
New Zealand, Napier 1931<br />
New Zealand, Inangahua1968<br />
New Zealand, Edgecumbe 1987<br />
Alaska, Kodiak Island 1964<br />
Volcanoes<br />
Mt. Aconcagua, Argentina<br />
Mt. Minchinmavida, Chile<br />
Mt. Cotopaxi, Ecuador<br />
Mt. Koryakskaya Sopka,<br />
Kamchatka Peninsula<br />
Mt. Redoubt, Alaska<br />
Mt. Popocatepetl, Mexico<br />
Mt. St. Helens, Washington State<br />
Mt. Asahi, Japan<br />
Mt. Fujiyama, Japan<br />
Mt.Apo, Philippines<br />
Mt. Merapi, Java<br />
Mt. Jaya, New Guinea<br />
Mt. Silisili, Samoa<br />
Rabaul Caldera, New Britain<br />
White Island, New Zealand<br />
A teacher reference of deep and shallow earthquakes can be found in the <strong>Auckland</strong> <strong>Museum</strong> book Volcanoes and<br />
Giants. Contact the <strong>Auckland</strong> <strong>Museum</strong> for further information.
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