Earthquake+Instructions

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**Earthquake Data Collection**
In this assignment you and your classmates will be collecting data about earthquakes that happened on your birthday last year. The information you and your classmates collect will be cataloged on a web page and mapped online using YourGMap.com. >
 * Remember that this is a collaborative project with your classmates. You will all be working on the same map online. Please respect the work of others.
 * Copying, deleting, or tampering with another students data or web page will result your removal from the project.

__Setting up your web page__:

 * 1) Find your personal web page and place your name, date, and class period at the top.
 * 2) Set up a table on your web page that contains 7 columns, and 11 rows.
 * 3) Across the top columns place the following labels: Day, Month, Year, Latitude, Longitude, Depth, Magnitude. It should look like the following chart. As you type in these words the boxes will expand.


 * = **Day** ||= **Month** ||= Year ||= Latitude ||= Longitude ||= Depth ||= Magnitude ||

__Collecting your data__:

 * 1) ======Use the following link to find the United States Geological Survey earthquake data base. USGS Data Base======
 * 2) Choose "Global Search" - use your birthday to search for earthquake data.
 * 3) Choose 10 earthquakes from the data that the USGS provides you and catalog that data in the chart you created on your web page.
 * 4) An example of a partially completed chart is located below.


 * ===Day=== ||= ===**Month**=== ||= ===**Year**=== ||= ===**Latitude**=== ||= ===**Longitude**=== ||= ===Depth=== ||= ===**Magnitude**=== ||
 * = 20 ||= July ||= 2008 ||= 44.13 ||= -129.60 ||= 10km ||= 3.0 ||

__Mapping your data__:

 * 1) =====Log into YourGMap (click here ) with the user name:**garrity** and password: **redstorm**. (all letters are lower case).=====
 * 2) When you are logged in click on the Earthquake Map __for your period__.
 * 3) Click on Create New Location.
 * 4) Name your data point with your wiki user name and the number of the earthquake your are plotting.
 * Here is an example: bgarrity #1
 * 1) For location click the button for enter coordinates and put the coordinates of your earthquake in the boxes.
 * 2) The color of each marker will be determined by the magnitude of the earthquake. ** Yellow ** for any over 6.9, ** Red ** for magnitude over 5.0, ** Blue ** for 2.6-4.9, and ** Green **for 0-2.5.
 * 3) In the comment box add the following information: Date and Depth.
 * 4) Click the create button.
 * 5) Click the Locations tab to start your next data point.
 * 6) When finished be sure to hit the REPUBLISH button.