EXAMPLES OF AREAS COMMONLY KNOWN TO RECORD EARTHQUAKES

EXAMPLES OF AREAS COMMONLY KNOWN TO RECORD EARTHQUAKES, the circum-pacific belt; this extends from west cost of America to west Indies, the east coast of Asia from the Aleutian islands through Japan to new Guinea to New Zealand. Alpine- Himalayans belt; (The Mediterranean -East Indies Belt), this extends from west to east along the Mediterranean and Himalayan to join the circum-pacific belt near new Guinea. Mid-Atlantic ridge; this is a range of submarine mountains from Iceland through the Azores, Ascension Island and Tristan de Cunha. The great African Rift valley; It runs along the red sea and through East Africa to Beira in Mozambique.

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