Geology & Earth Science: Earthquake Assignment

This page was created by request to help students complete their weekly classroom discussion and lab assignment about USGS earthquake reports. 

USGS Earthquake Data -- Updates Every Five Minutes

Directions for generating a current list of worldwide earthquakes from the past seven days.

1. USGS Latest Earthquakes webpage
2. Use the gear icon to go to the Settings Menu.
3. Select "7 days, All Magnitudes Worldwide"
4. Change the drop-down Map options to display World.

The "View Feed" link is limited to 1000 results.