Large Earthquakes
What's up with those large earthquakes? 
Were those earthquakes in places that geologists *expected* large earthquakes to occur? 
Were those earthquakes in places that make sense with what we understand about Plate Tectonics (Module 2)?

• Magnitudes 8.4 and 7.8 in Sumatra; Sept 12, 2007
  • National Earthquake Information Center
• Magnitude 8.0 off the coast of Peru; August 15, 2007
  • National Earthquake Information Center
• Magnitude 9.0 off Sumatra
  - and the 2004 Tsunami; December 24, 2004
  • National Earthquake Information Center
• Earthquake Statistics (how many typically occur each year, etc.)
• Historic World Earthquakes
• Earthquake Top 10 Lists & Maps
• Plate Tectonics
  • The Dynamic Earth - a good overview of the basics (by the USGS)
    • Earthquakes
  • Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics -  USGS