Are they all in the area of earthquakes?
2007-02-04 01:19:55 · 7 answers · asked by m 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Indonesia is a nation of tropical islands. They have *huge* earthquakes.
2007-02-04 01:28:44 · answer #1 · answered by Jerry P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Remember the tsunami? Earthquake in the tropics.
2007-02-04 01:25:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live on a tropical island and we have earthquakes every so often sometime little ones and some times as big as approx. 4.3 or 5. something on d riktor scale, and some of our neighbouring island get eartquakes too
2007-02-04 01:32:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes especially in the Pacific. Many of them are volcanic in nature so there is a chance of earthquakes.
2007-02-04 01:33:15 · answer #4 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The West Indies has earthquakes. I've been here since last year and we have had several strong ones.
2007-02-04 06:44:53 · answer #5 · answered by Always Hopeful 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please visit the slide show. You can see the fault lines. The places located near the fault lines are more vulnerable to earthquakes,
http://asia.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/quake
2007-02-04 19:23:22 · answer #6 · answered by A.Ganapathy India 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This map will show earth's "hotspots" for earthquake/volcanoes
http://www.crystalinks.com/rof.html
http://www.livescience.com/forcesofnature/050107_disaster_hotspots.html
2007-02-04 01:25:47 · answer #7 · answered by missourim43 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋