What are the world locations of earthquakes?

Answer 1

Earthquakes happen all over, but there are some places more active than others. The link below is one I watch. It has a world map and you click on areas that it indicates recent activity (you can also look up historical activity as well). I've been watching the western US and see a boatload of small quakes in California, Washington, and Alaska. Several are related to vocanic activity, but some to major fault systems like the San Andreas. A little closer to home, the New Madrid area has had a lot of little activity lately. There is some around Death Valley, California and Yellowstone park. These are all areas that historically have been active. The plate system around the world is complex but some of the internal things in the US illustrate some hints at very old pieces, like the minor quake (3.5) in southern Oklahoma a few days ago. One doesn't normally think of mountains in Oklahoma, but it was from a very old landmass collision that helped make the North American plate. Good luck.

BTW: I added a link that showed the North Korean nuclear bomb test.

Answer 2

Interactive maps of earthquake locations around the world can be found at www.plotscan.com
Click on any earthquake icon for detailed information.

Answer 3

Look at the plate margins - especially those where plates are subducted or moving laterally. Not so much at creative margins, where the places are spreading (e.g. Mid-Atlantic ridge).

Try looking for "ring of fire" for a range of earthquake zones around the Pacific.

Answer 4

around all the plate boundaries. thats where you find volcanoes too. New Zealand lays on the indo-australian and pacific plates. they subduct under each other and twist and turn. quite interesting actually.

Answer 5

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/