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An Internet Study of Arkansas Earthquakes

Purpose: To study earthquakes in general and specifically the New Madrid and other earthquakes in Arkansas via the Internet.

Introduction:

This lab is to reinforce the information presented in the text and lecture notes about earthquakes and to acquaint the student with the New Madrid Seismic Zone, the earthquakes which have occurred there, and other earthquake phenomena in Arkansas. You will be referred to a number of specific Internet sites for specific links, but you are welcome to explore other parts of those sites. Like most topics, there is more information on the net on the New Madrid earthquakes than one can hope to examine and absorb.

Procedure:

1) Read the rest of the information on this exercise BEFORE starting the lab.

2) The questions at the bottom are approximately in the same order as the procedure and it will be easiest to answer them as you go through the steps.

3) Go to the following websites and read the sections to answer the questions.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/eqscience.php (questions 1-7)

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/facts.php (questions 8-15)

http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/information/publications/teacher_features/Pages/eq_legends.aspx (questions 16-18)

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/byregion/ (questions 19-21) You can select individual section maps, but you can gather the data needed to answer the questions by looking at the main map, Seismicity of the Earth Maps 1900-2013, shown on the web page or you can down load the a PDF of the map here Download updated (1900-2013) full-size worldwide seismicity map [12.3MB PDF]

4) In 2001, there was an Arkansas earthquake outside of the New Madrid region. Go to the Arkansas Geological Commission website listed below and type “McFarland” into the search box. Read the article The May 2001 Faulkner County Earthquakes, written by Mr. McFarland, who was the State Geologist for a number of years.