these are the earthquakes that my country had, in the last MONTH.


Map of New Zealand showing earthquake location. 2381558 NZST: Fri, Mar 25 2005 8:31 pm
Magnitude: 3.4 Depth: 5 km
20 km south of Kaikoura, details...
Map of New Zealand showing earthquake location. 2379725 NZST: Tue, Mar 22 2005 3:17 am
Magnitude: 4.1 Depth: 30 km
10 km west of Eketahuna, details...
Map of New Zealand showing earthquake location. 2378887 NZST: Sun, Mar 20 2005 2:40 am
Magnitude: 4.2 Depth: 15 km
30 km south of Arthur's Pass, details...
Map of New Zealand showing earthquake location. 2377942 NZDT: Thu, Mar 17 2005 6:52 pm
Magnitude: 3.1 Depth: 5 km
Within 5 km of Matata, details...
Map of New Zealand showing earthquake location. 2377760 NZDT: Thu, Mar 17 2005 8:32 am
Magnitude: 3.3 Depth: 2 km
Within 5 km of Matata, details...
Map of New Zealand showing earthquake location. 2377454 NZDT: Wed, Mar 16 2005 2:28 pm
Magnitude: 4.3 Depth: 12 km
40 km east of Haast, details...
Map of New Zealand showing earthquake location. 2377308 NZDT: Wed, Mar 16 2005 6:07 am
Magnitude: 3.1 Depth: 2 km
Within 5 km of Matata, details...
Map of New Zealand showing earthquake location. 2376763 NZDT: Mon, Mar 14 2005 9:04 pm
Magnitude: 5.5 Depth: 12 km
100 km west of Te Anau, details...
Map of New Zealand showing earthquake location. 2376734 NZDT: Mon, Mar 14 2005 7:29 pm
Magnitude: 4.7 Depth: 110 km
60 km south-west of Wanganui, details...
Map of New Zealand showing earthquake location. 2376700 NZDT: Mon, Mar 14 2005 5:52 pm
Magnitude: 3.2 Depth: 5 km
10 km west of Turangi, details...
Map of New Zealand showing earthquake location. 2376455 NZDT: Mon, Mar 14 2005 4:08 am
Magnitude: 6.4 Depth: 150 km
80 km south of Opunake, details...
Map of New Zealand showing earthquake location. 2376319 NZDT: Sun, Mar 13 2005 8:19 pm
Magnitude: 2.9 Depth: 12 km
30 km north of Ranfurly, details...
Map of New Zealand showing earthquake location. 2375513 NZDT: Fri, Mar 11 2005 6:47 pm
Magnitude: 3.3 Depth: 7 km
30 km east of Arthur's Pass, details...
Map of New Zealand showing earthquake location. 2375124 NZDT: Thu, Mar 10 2005 9:28 pm
Magnitude: 3.0 Depth: 5 km
20 km north-west of Whakatane, details...
Map of New Zealand showing earthquake location. 2374613 NZDT: Wed, Mar 09 2005 4:11 pm
Magnitude: 2.4 Depth: 2 km
Within 5 km of Kawerau, details...
Map of New Zealand showing earthquake location. 2374319 NZDT: Tue, Mar 08 2005 11:23 pm
Magnitude: 3.2 Depth: 11 km
40 km south-west of Seddon, details...
Map of New Zealand showing earthquake location. 2374160 NZDT: Tue, Mar 08 2005 1:40 pm
Magnitude: 3.2 Depth: 5 km
20 km north-west of Whakatane, details...
Map of New Zealand showing earthquake location. 2373654 NZDT: Mon, Mar 07 2005 8:52 am
Magnitude: 4.2 Depth: 120 km
10 km west of Ohakune, details...
Map of New Zealand showing earthquake location. 2373439 NZDT: Sun, Mar 06 2005 10:16 pm
Magnitude: 3.2 Depth: 7 km
10 km north-east of Harihari, details...
Map of New Zealand showing earthquake location. 2373422 NZDT: Sun, Mar 06 2005 9:29 pm
Magnitude: 3.2 Depth: 7 km
10 km north-east of Harihari, details...
Map of New Zealand showing earthquake location. 2371672 NZDT: Wed, Mar 02 2005 8:07 pm
Magnitude: 3.0 Depth: 15 km
10 km south of Blenheim, details...
Map of New Zealand showing earthquake location. 2370899 NZDT: Tue, Mar 01 2005 0:35 am
Magnitude: 4.1 Depth: 50 km
30 km north-west of Porirua, details...

http://www.geonet.org.nz/recent_quakes.html

seriously, these things are a constant fact of life for us. just because the news featured a couple of huge ones in the last few months doesn't mean a damn thing.


how do you think most of the mountain ranges on the planet formed? it's called 'uplift', and it involves a lot of earthquakes.

your next study area: geology and geography. sorry i'm not available for online lessons; i might suggest your local library or university though. although this sort of thing should really have been covered at high school..