Internet Assignment Earthquake

             Please write neatly. If I cannot read your handwriting, I will not grade your assignment. Please print your name on this assignment. Please staple your assignment before turning it in.
             Cutting and pasting directly from web sites or copying from a friend is called PLAGIARISM! Dont do it! Read Dr. Asher's policy on Plagiarism in your syllabus.
             This exercise will focus on topics related to earthquakes. Web sites with useful definitions and information about earthquakes are: and [put an underline symbol ( _ ) between the words general and seismicity if you are typing this address in by hand]. (Or low-tech types can just use the text book!)
             First let's see how the world is shakin' today. Go to [current_seismicity]. Click on the link called Near Real-Time Earthquake .
             1. What is the time and date you are doing this exercise (as in accessing this web site)?
             Sunday, November 11, 2001 @ 12:26:51
             2a. How many earthquakes have occurred today? What is the location, depth, and magnitude of the largest one? [If you are doing this early in the morning and no earthquakes have been reported, use the previous day's data.]
             Twenty-one earthquakes have happened today. The large one was in Panama - Costa Rica border. The depth was 33 kilometers and the magnitude was 6.1 .
             2b. Did this earthquake (the largest one) occur on or very near the boundary between two of the earth's crustal plates (yes or no)? If yes, what are the names of the plates involved and what type of plate boundary is it (divergent, convergent, or transform)? (Please use Fig. 1.12 to identify type of plate boundary and names of plates involved.)
             This earthquake occured very near the boundary of the Carribbean crustal plate. The typ
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