Figure 17. Image of the northern Atlantic Ocean showing the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and recorded seismic (earthquake) event locations. From 1999-2002, approximately 8,000 earthquakes were recorded, mostly along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and along the subduction zone in the Caribbean (image modified from Smith and others, 2004).

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