Earthquakes mostly occur along the edges of the largest plates.
This is because plates are colliding with each other.
The Ring of Fire is what the area is called.
The earthquake that is closest to Manitou Springs is the m2.8 by Albuquerque,NM.
Some of the details relating to this earthquake it occurred on Saturday, January 17, 2009 at 1:02am.
People would not be able to feel this earthquake because it would not be strong enough.
100,000 times the amount of ground shaking would occur between a magnitude 3 earthquake to a magnitude 1 earthquake.
33554432 times as much energy would be released with this earthquake compared to the energy of a magnitude 1 earthquake.
The earthquake that i choose was a M5.1 earthquake. It took place on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 04:06:56 UTC. The region were it took place was MINAHASA, SULAWESI, INDONESIA. You would not be able to feel this earthquake because it took place in the water which caused a tsunami in those general areas. It was not a very big tsunami.
People can protect themselves from dangerous earthquakes by standing in a door way. Also be aware of after shocks.
