What locations in the U.S. get more earthquakes and why?
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What locations in the U.S. get more earthquakes and why?
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Shia's email had two questions for Mario. 1- Do you have lots of oil in Louisville? 2- Do you
have earthquakes in Louisville? Before Mario could answer the questions in Shia's letter, he
needed to do some research. Mario had never felt any earthquakes in Louisville, but could
there be?
The image below is an earthquake hazard map released by the U.S. Geological Survey that
Mario found on their website.
XUSGS
Hhst haad
Lowest haard
3. What pieces of data did the USGS most likely use in order to develop the hazard map
above?
Locations and occurrences of other hazards like volcanoes and hurricanes
O Locations of mountains and hills
O Locations and occurrences of past earthquakes
O Locations of natural resources like oil and coal
Transcribed Image Text:A Extreme Weather & Natural Reso x
E Extreme Weather & Natural Reso x
b Homework Help and Textbook S x
A docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAlpQLSdQ-6A_jQcPLXWdj_aKaYG4JFoQezBUbd3HS4pXMOqfTUmjgw/viewform
E JCPS Quick Links
C Campus Student
O Mail - Rahma Al me.
di (5) Meeting | Micros.
E ILP Part A Exit Slip
Shia's email had two questions for Mario. 1- Do you have lots of oil in Louisville? 2- Do you
have earthquakes in Louisville? Before Mario could answer the questions in Shia's letter, he
needed to do some research. Mario had never felt any earthquakes in Louisville, but could
there be?
The image below is an earthquake hazard map released by the U.S. Geological Survey that
Mario found on their website.
XUSGS
Hhst haad
Lowest haard
3. What pieces of data did the USGS most likely use in order to develop the hazard map
above?
Locations and occurrences of other hazards like volcanoes and hurricanes
O Locations of mountains and hills
O Locations and occurrences of past earthquakes
O Locations of natural resources like oil and coal
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An earthquake is the abrupt wave of the earth's surface by the rapid release of energy. This energy is released when two parts of rock masses flick to each other along a fault.
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