Earthquakes 5+ Magnitude Worldwide February – April 2012

We used RockWorks15 and Google Earth (TM) to create maps of all the 5+ magnitude earthquakes across the world in February, March, and April 2012.  You can visit our RockWorks data page to download the Google Earth KMZ file and the RockWorks data file:

February 5+ Earthquakes: http://www.rockware.com/assets/products/165/downloads/data/37/usgsworldquakes5+feb2012.zip
March 5+ Earthquakes: http://www.rockware.com/assets/products/165/downloads/data/38/usgsworldquakes5+mar2012.zip
April 5+ Earthquakes: http://www.rockware.com/assets/products/165/downloads/data/40/usgsworldquakes5+apr2012.zip

Google Earth (TM) display of earthquakes, April 2012

Google Earth (TM) display of earthquakes worldwide, April 2012, from RockWorks15

Once you load the KMZ file into Google Earth, more information is available about each quake by clicking on the symbols.

Earthquakes 5+ Magnitude Worldwide Jan 2012

We used RockWorks15 and Google Earth (TM) to create a map of all of the 5+ magnitude earthquakes across the world in January 2012. You can visit our RockWorks data page to download the Google Earth KMZ file and the RockWorks data file:

http://www.rockware.com/assets/products/165/downloads/data/36/usgsworldquakes5+jan2012.zip

January 2012 earthquakes from RockWorks15
Google Earth (TM) display of earthquakes worldwide, Jan 2012, from RockWorks15
Once you load the KMZ file into Google Earth, more information about each quake is available by clicking on the symbols.

Earthquakes 5+ Magnitude Worldwide Dec 2011

We used RockWorks15 and Google Earth (TM) to create a map of all of the 5+ magnitude earthquakes across the world in December 2011. You can visit our RockWorks data page to download the Google Earth KMZ file and the RockWorks data file.

http://www.rockware.com/assets/products/165/downloads/data/35/usgsworldquakes5+dec2011.zip

Google Earth (TM) display of earthquakes worldwide, Dec 2011

Google Earth (TM) display of earthquakes worldwide, Dec 2011

Once you load the KMZ file into Google Earth, more information about each quake is available by clicking on the symbols.

 

Earthquakes 5+ Magnitude Worldwide Oct 2011

We used RockWorks15 and Google Earth (TM) to create a map of all of the 5+ magnitude earthquakes across the world in October. You can visit our RockWorks data page to download the Google Earth KMZ file and the RockWorks data file. http://www.rockware.com/assets/products/165/downloads/data/33/usgsworldquakes5+oct2011.zip

Earthquakes Oct 2011
Google Earth display of earthquakes worldwide, Oct 2011

Once you load the KMZ file into Google Earth, more information about each quake is available by clicking on the symbols, as shown in this example:

Additional quake details

Our deepest condolences go out to the people of southeast Turkey where a devastating 7.2 magnitude quake occurred on October 23rd.  We encourage anyone who wants to donate money to supplies to visit the websites of the American Red Cross, the IFRC (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies), or other humanitarian organizations to see how you can help.

 

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