3. How does the distribution of these earthquakes compare to the others? Most of the big earthquakes occur around the Pacific ocean and where plates meet. What type of plate boundary is associated with earthquakes that have a magnitude of 7.0 or greater? The type of plate boundary that is associated with the earthquakes are convergent boundary’s.
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5. Top Ten List of Earthquakes 1.Chile 2.Lesser Sunda Islands 3.East China Sea 4.Taklimakan Desert 5.Puerto Rico 6.Central America 7.Scotia Sea 8. New Zealand 9.Alaska 10. Mongolia Plateau What new tools or techniques are seismologists using to help them better predict earthquakes? InSAR Monitor IR Cameras Satellite Based Methods