Earthquake webquest

1. The place where most earthquakes happen geographically is on the edges of tectonic plates and the literal place where most earthquakes happen is along the boarders of the pacific plate
   
2. Earthquakes are caused by tectonic plates rubbing and bumping into each other.
3. This area of extreme earthquake activity is also known as the ring of fire.
4. the closest earthquake to Colorado Springs was located at 40.953°N, 106.930°W, details of this earthquake are that it was a magnitude 3.2 and these are the areas that it was close to 31 km (19 miles) SSW (202°) from Grand Encampment, WY32 km (20 miles) SSW (203°) from Riverside, WY52 km (32 miles) E (100°) from Dixon, WY162 km (101 miles) WNW (286°) from Fort Collins, CO215 km (134 miles) NW (310°) from Denver, CO many people would also be able to feel this earthquake because it was close enough to the cities and towns to be felt.
5. The earthquake i wanted to examin was a magnitude 7.4 and occered at Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 17:49:39 UTCFriday, January 16, 2009 at 03:49:39 AM at epicenter at 46.862°N, 155.156°E.
6. people can protect themselfs from earthquakes like this one by adding earthquake protection to there houses and keeping breakable items in protective cases.