What is the probable cause of the Kazakh seismic event of 27 December at 03:43 hours? What two things form the basis of your answer? (Highlighted in the attached image)
What is the probable cause of the Kazakh seismic event of 27 December at 03:43 hours? What two things form the basis of your answer? (Highlighted in the attached image)
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What is the probable cause of the Kazakh seismic event of 27 December at 03:43 hours? What two things form the basis of your answer?
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Exercise 11
Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
Origin Time, UTC Geographic Coordinates
Magnitudes, GS
Day, UTC
No. Sta.
12/81
Hr. Min.
Sec.
Lat.
Long.
Region and Comments
Depth
MB
MSZ
Used
W Southern California
E Luzon, Philippine Islands
W Kermadec Islands
N 116.767
N 119.919
S 177.701
S 177.563 W Kermadec Islands
S 175.916 W Tonga Islands Region
177.374 W Kermadec Islands
24
02
22
07.7
34.017
10
24
04
24
53.6*
14.641
33
4.6
8
24
05
33
21.5
29.956
33
6.1
6.8
151
24
09
43
51.5*
30.041
33
5.0
5.1
15
24
11
11
17.1*
22.061
63
4.9
14
24
13
02
40.4
29.925
S
33
5.3
5.4
29
E Southern Sinkiang Prov., China
W Peru
24
14
07
39.3*
39.952
N
77.366
33
4.9
7
24
14
44
07.4*
14.282
S
74.321
108
8
24
19
44
53.1*
30.228
177.378 W Kermadec Islands
33
4.9
17
24
22
00
51.6*
33.153
N
49.705
E
Western Iran
33
4.6
4.0
28
W Kermadec Islands
W Off Coast of Central America
E Kalimantan
W Leeward Islands
E Svalbard Region
73.039 w Northern Colombia
177.489 w Kermadec Islands
W Kermadec Islands
W Kermadec Islands
W Windward Islands
24
22
36
211.5
30.076
S 177.387
36
5.2
5.4
40
25
00
06
09.5*
12.555
N
88.303
33
4.7
26
25
00
28
16.8
4.738
N 118.458
52
5.4
5.2
47
25
04
55
52.7*
17.406
N
61.768
49
4.2
12
25
06
03
07.9*
77.013
N
6.601
10
4.4
14
25
08
28
48.0
6.561
N
195
4.5
13
25
09
12
06.4
30.313
S
33
5.4
5.4
57
25
10
37
10.7*
30.200
177.411
33
4.7
12
25
10
48
45.1*
30.324
S 177.301
33
5.2
20
25
12
35
49.6*
11.172
N
62.474
102
4.8
55
25
15
27
18.7*
13.613
S
76.425 w Near Coast of Peru
33
N 121.642
N 160.800
N 152.716 w Southern Alaska
E Taiwan
E Near Coast of Kamchatka
25
15
50
33.3*
23.197
33
4.5
11
25
17
02
35.5
53.884
33
4.6
19
25
22
26
41.0*
59.871
113
4.3
14
26
03
42
19.5*
37.952
N
22.702
E Southern Greece
33
4.0
25
26
10
17
16.6*
2.209
S 139.847
E
Near N. Coast of West Irian
33
4.8
4.5
18
W Jujuy Province, Argentina
E Aegean Sea
W Kermadec Islands
177.830 W Kermadec Islands
E Turkey
Felt in the Istanbul area
26
11
16
05.8
23.942
66.512
207
4.9
49
26
14
29
11.1*
38.950
25.310
10
4.2
3.6
39
26
17
05
32.8
29.812
177.854
33
6.3
7.1
149
26
17
53
30.6*
29.983
33
5.2
17
26
17
53
38.4*
40.213
N
28.778
27
4.3
28
Sumba Island Region
E Banda Sea
68.332 W Northern Chile
26
19
38
07.7*
9.773
119.218
E
100
4.4
10
26
21
50
43.9
7.260
S 129.183
150
5.3
21
26
22
02
18.5*
22.765
S
119
4.8
11
27
03
43
14.1
49.923
N
78.876
E
Eastern Kazakh SSR
6.1
4.3
167
27
06
22
50.3*
30.063
177.622 w Kermadec Islands
33
5.4
4.9
18
27
10
30
44.4
2.160
139.825
E
Near N. Coast of West Irian
33
5.6
5.9
60
27
13
25
33.3*
46.331
N
16.832
E Yugoslavia
10
13
27
16
36
48.3*
5.090
139.311
West Irian
33
3.7
E Aegean Sea
Ten houses damaged on Evvoia.
Felt strongly in eastern Greece.
Also felt in the Izmir, Turkey area
W Northern Colombia
27
17
39
16.7
39.004
24.799
33
5.3
6.5
112
27
20
21
05.9*
7.107
N
73.093
138
4.6
10
27
20
24
15.5*
34.250
N 117.617 W Southern California
27
21
23
13.6
8.278
S
79.875 w Near Coast of Northern Peru
33
5.2
4.4
41
28
01
53
02.2
6.889
130.004
E
Banda Sea
131
4.6
13
N 160.380 w Alaska Peninsula
S 168.121
28
10
28
15.9*
54.642
33
28
12
40
18.4
14.974
E Vanuatu Islands
33
5.7
5.2
89
TABLE 11.2 Preliminary determination of epicenters.
45.
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