Madison Mackay

Geog-1700 Timmins
E-Portfolio Signature Assignment
Tracking Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Magnitude: 4.9 Location: 0.287S 19.120W Date: 10/22/2015 Depth: 10.0 km
Time: 11:09:46 UTC Plate Boundary: Divergent
-This earthquake occurred along the mid-Atlantic ridge because it is a divergent plate boundary.

Magnitude: 4.9 Location: 38.461S 178.264E Date: 10/22/2015 Depth: 8.7 km

Time: 16:04:29 UTC Plate Boundary: Transform
-This earthquake occurred along Alpine Fault because it is a transform plate boundary.

Magnitude: 4.6 Location: 52.500N 169.740W Date: 10/21/2015 Depth: 37.0 km

Time: 04:50:45 UTC Plate Boundary: Convergent Ocean-to-Ocean
-This earthquake occurred along the Aluetian Islands because it is a convergent ocean-to-ocean plate
boundary.

Magnitude: 5.0 Location: 31.440S 71.461W Date: 10/24/2015 Depth: 48.0 km

Time: 21:24:45 UTC Plate Boundary: Convergent Ocean-to-Continent
-This earthquake occurred along the Andes Mountain range because it is a convergent ocean-tocontinent plate boundary.

Magnitude: 5.3 Location: 29.664N 70.353E Date: 10/23/2015 Depth: 29.4 km

Time: 00:27:42 UTC Plate Boundary: Convergent Continent-to-Continent
-This earthquake occurred near the Himalayan Mountain range because it is a convergent continent-tocontinent plate boundary.

Volcanoes
Mount Rainier Composite Divergent

Piton de la Fournaise Shield Hot Spot

Sunset Crater Cinder Cone Hot Spot

Sollipulli Caldera Convergent