Geography The Location of Tectonic Hazards

Slide 1: Where do earthquakes and volcanoes occur? What are the missing labels?

Slide 2: Where have earthquakes occurred? • Alaska 1964 • San Franscisco 1906,1989 • Mexico City 1985 • Guatemala 1976 Plot these earthquakes on • Peru 1970 to a blank outline map • Italy 1980 • Turkey 1983 • Pakistan 1935 • India 1993 • Pakistan 1935 • China 1976 • Tokyo 1923 • Philippines 1976

Slide 3: Where have volcanoes erupted? • Mount Etna, Italy • Mount Fuji, Japan • Heimaey, Iceland • Pinatubu, Phillipines Plot these volcanoes on • Mauna Loa. Hawaii to your map • Aconcagua, Chile • Chimborazo, Ecuador • Katmai, Alaska • Krakatoa, Indonesia • Popocatepetl, Mexico • Mount St Helens, Washington State • Vesuvius, Italy • Unzen, Japan

Slide 4: How can we explain the pattern?

Slide 5: What causes the plates to move?

Slide 6: What evidence is there that the plates have always been moving?