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Ground Motions, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes in the Four Corners region Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico Using: UNAVCO GPS Velocity Viewer http://www.unavco.org/software/visualization/GPS-‐Velocity-‐Viewer/GPS-‐Velocity-‐Viewer.html This map shows three types of data (legend is below the map):
• Ground motion vectors (Length and direction of the arrow shows the velocity of the ground at that point as measure by GPS). Stable North America is fixed (‘not moving’).
• Earthquakes (magenta diamond shapes) • Volcanoes (black triangles with orange tear drops)
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Ground Motions, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes in the Four Corners region Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico
This map shows the Plate Boundary Observatory GPS station names. On the Velocity Viewer, clicking on the green bubble will open and show:
• GPS location • Ground motion horizontally • Time series plot showing motion of the ground and GPS station over time.