On average there are over 14,000 earthquakes with magnitude higher or equal to ~4 each year. In this visualization,
earthquakes with magnitudes over 3.5 from the last 12 months are shown with an exaggerated depth by a factor of 6.
For Utah, earthquakes with magnitudes over 2.0 from the last 12 months are shown.
The orange lines (
) represent the boundaries of the tectonic plates. Earthquake data from
USGS.
to visualize the actual depth vs. the exaggerated depth.
Created by Lance Weaver, adapted from work by Raluca Nicola.
Earthquakes with magnitude 7+ from the past 12 months in order of descending magnitude:
