Jordan Hartley
Several large earthquakes have struck the western pacific, middle east, and the caribbean over the last week or so. Most of the quakes happened away from heavily populated areas.
Iran: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2010/usc0000rak/#details
Puerto Rico:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2010/pr10358004/#details
Western Pacific:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2010/usc0000rxc/#details
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2010/usc0000usf/
Several other 5.0 or greater quakes have occured along active fault lines across the planet including two in Alaska that were around 6.0. Typical for that region, the quakes listed in the above links just caught my eye as these occured in 'less active' areas within a small time frame.
Iran: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2010/usc0000rak/#details
Puerto Rico:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2010/pr10358004/#details
Western Pacific:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2010/usc0000rxc/#details
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2010/usc0000usf/
Several other 5.0 or greater quakes have occured along active fault lines across the planet including two in Alaska that were around 6.0. Typical for that region, the quakes listed in the above links just caught my eye as these occured in 'less active' areas within a small time frame.
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