JAPANESE SCIENTIFIC TEAM
EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES NEAR OCEAN TRENCHES
SIMULATION GUIDE
Your team is led by Dr. Fujii of Tokyo University
You have been using seismographs to detect the location and depth of earthquakes near a large trench in the Western Pacific Ocean. Your data is in the table below.
Plot your data on the cross-section on the next page. Discuss any patterns you find. Draw the volcano Matamura on its location at the "surface" of the diagram at 530 kilomters from the recording station.
|
Event Number |
Depth of Earthquake (km) |
Distance from Recording Station (km) |
Event Number Depth of Earthquake (km) |
Distance from Recording Station (km) |
|
|
1 |
397 |
400 |
13 |
20 |
90 |
|
2 |
NA |
NA |
14 |
220 |
340 |
|
3 |
NA |
NA |
15 |
340 |
395 |
|
4 |
195 |
295 |
16 |
475 |
455 |
|
5 |
545 |
520 |
17 |
80 |
190 |
|
6 |
50 |
200 |
18 |
15 |
50 |
|
7 |
95 |
210 |
19 |
400 |
425 |
|
8 |
300 |
350 |
20 |
530 |
475 |
|
9 |
30 |
150 |
21 |
105 |
260 |
|
10 |
630 |
520 |
22 |
30 |
105 |
|
11 |
235 |
305 |
23 |
50 |
190 |
|
12 |
150 |
230 |
24 |
600 |
520 |
|
Event Number |
Depth of Earthquake (km) |
Distance from Recording Station (km) |
Event Number |
Depth of Earthquake (km) |
Distance from Recording Station (km) |
|
1 |
397 |
400 |
13 |
20 |
90 |
|
2 |
NA |
NA |
14 |
220 |
340 |
|
3 |
NA |
NA |
15 |
340 |
395 |
|
4 |
195 |
295 |
16 |
475 |
455 |
|
5 |
545 |
520 |
17 |
80 |
190 |
|
6 |
50 |
200 |
18 |
15 |
50 |
|
7 |
95 |
210 |
19 |
400 |
425 |
|
8 |
300 |
350 |
20 |
530 |
475 |
|
9 |
30 |
150 |
21 |
105 |
260 |
|
10 |
630 |
520 |
22 |
30 |
105 |
|
11 |
235 |
305 |
23 |
50 |
190 |
|
12 |
150 |
230 |
24 |
600 |
520 |
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