Google Earth
is a free application provided by Google that allows users to travel around the world from their couch. The application has dozens of layers that can be turned on and off, adding substantial information regarding the places you are virtually traveling to. These layers include everything from local restaurants, relevant Wikipedia articles, current news items and historic information. In early 2008, Google added the ability to view the epicenters of historic earthquakes. Enabling this earthquake layer is fairly straightforward.
Instructions
1. Download Google Earth from earth.google.com and install the application.
2. Launch Google Earth. After installation, it will be located within the "Programs" folder accessed via the Windows Start menu.
3. Expand the "Places of Interest" folder within the lower left-hand pane labeled "Layers."
4. Expand the "Geographic Features" folder within "Places of Interest" and locate the "Earthquakes" layer.
5. Place a check mark in the box next to "Earthquakes" to turn on the layer. As you browse around the globe in the main window, little red circular icons will appear to designate areas that have been hit by earthquakes with magnitudes greater than 3 within the last 40 years.
Tags: Google Earth, folder within, Places Interest
