A new U.S. earthquake hazard map was recently developed. This map shows that new earthquake faults were discovered in California, Utah, the Midwest, South Carolina, and the Pacific Northwest, while the Central and Eastern part of the U.S. now has a better percentage of not being affected by earthquakes. This new map is now very beneficial for creating new building codes so that everyone might be protected from these new threats.
This new map is very good to have. By knowing where these earthquake faults are and how severe an earthquake could be on each fault, new codes can be placed into affect to protect the people. We can be aware of the dangers so that we can prepare for them.
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It is interesting that they redo these maps only every six years and that building codes change every three years. I think that the fault maps should also be revised every three years and be done in time for the building codes to be changed according to the revisions.
California and the rest of the west coast looks like a mess of fault lines. No wonder California is known for its earthquakes. What interests me is that there are not very many faults on the east coast where the Appalachian Mountain range is.
Overall, these maps are very useful and informative for anyone who would want to know this information for buildings or general knowledge.
I completely agree with Sarah with the fact that they update the fault maps for Earthquakes every six years, but the building code every three. The article even says itself, “Earthquakes don’t kill people. buildings kill people.”
Yes, these new maps are helpful, but i think that they should be updated way more often so people are able to know where the earthquakes will be most active.
The weirdest thing to me is that new faults are appearing. i actually didnt know that different earthquake faults were still being made in the Earth. All and all, these maps are necessary, and should be updated often.
I don’t think it is so much that new faults are occurring (though I’m sure this happens as well). It is that we discover existing faults as more data is gathered from various sources.