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SCIENTIFIC SPECIALTY: SEISMOLOGYEarthquake Locations 1990 - 1996 (Magnitudes 4 and greater)

Color indicates depth: Red 0-33 km, Orange 33-70 km, Green 70-300 km, Blue 300-700 km

This map is part of "Discovering Plate Boundaries," a classroom

exercise developed by Dale S. Sawyer at Rice University ([email protected]).

Additional information about this exercise can be found at

http://terra.rice.edu/plateboundary .