Atmospheric Hazard: Earthquake

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Local:
While researching the atmospheric consequences of earthquakes I found very little. Even though earthquakes
do not have an immediate effect on the atmosphere, I found a correlation between warm areas and
concentrations of faults within the tech tonic plates which could possibly lead to help predicting earthquakes.
In the regional area of Los Angeles, the warmer areas coincide with the areas of concentrated newer fault
lines, while colder areas wither do not have fault lines or have older ones. There is also a correlation between
the temperature and the type of seismic consequence. The one shown most on the maps above in the warmer
areas is the risk of liquefaction of soil, where soil becomes lose within the ground affecting the atmosphere
by release gases from poor waste lines or natural pockets found throughout the earth's crust.

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Regional:
While backing up and looking at the broader view of both maps, my hypothesis of
earthquakes being related to weather was slightly discredited but I still found a correlation
between temperature and consequences. The older faults seem to attract a much colder
weather and less risk of soil liquefaction. Even though the relationship between the two is
no longer positive, I still found a relationship between the two maps. The older faults
grouped now seem to affect the weather and atmosphere making it colder. Seeing as this
map was taken from a resent weather reading, this lead me to question how different a map
would look either immediately before, or after would look and if that too would prove my
hypothesis.

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Global:
After backing out even further, I feel as though my revised hypothesis of older faults
attracting colder weather to be more accurate. Reading above, there is a distinct difference
between the east and the west coast at the time this research was done and none of the
active fault lines are in warm zones. It seems as though the fault lines can be traces
through the weather patterns across the United States. The relationship between
temperature of fault lines and consequences still remains constant because in the warmer
temperatures, liquefaction of soil was higher than any other. This leads me to believe that
the atmosphere and lithosphere work together simultaneously and affect each other in
numerous ways.