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Earthquakes

WorldPhysical Environment

Time series data showing locations and Richter scale magnitudes of significant earthquakes from 1800 BCE to 2019. Use timeline controls at bottom of the map to display data by time period.

NOAA

A world map of earthquake activity from 2000 to 2019. Circles of varying sizes represent earthquake magnitudes, with larger circles for higher magnitudes. Significant activity is noted in Colombia, Iran, Turkey, Tanzania, and the North Atlantic Ocean.

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Commercial gardening

Dairy

Grain

Intensive subsistence, wet rice dominant

Intensive subsistence, wet rice not dominant

Little or no agriculture

Livestock Ranching

Mediterranean

Mixed crop and livestock

Pastoral nomadism

Plantation

Shifting cultivation

112.71%25.1%8.01%4.80%3.15%
114.9%92.5%15.5%28.7%96.8%
113.54%9.38%1.03%9.81%66.2%12.9%43.8%
2.5217.4%17.8%4.09%16.3%54.9%44.6%
11.72%4.22%2.10%65.0%7.72%74.7%1.08%
11.03%24.9%47.2%17.6%47.9%26.5%47.9%2.93%6.57%
1116.42%9.10%9.93%6.18%27.6%14.8%2.39%3.76%18.7%
11.57%98.0%57.2%58.2%7.51%11.3%
1.511.23%1.41%1.82%7.94%12.8%4.70%1.32%22.5%1.32%
19.4%10.5%8.26%13.3%2.97%1.06%
1211.4%28.3%2.01%9.82%15.2%
3.51.78%31.4%14.6%12.2%53.5%
1118.6%17.4%8.03%7.51%19.5%13.3%5.87%36.9%4.32%53.4%
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