Use the internet to look up earthquakes (link below)
List of earthquakes
Investigate five earthquakes that have occurred over the past 100 years. Tell where they occurred, what kind of damage occurred and how it effects the landscape. Make sure to include all of this info for each quake you investigate.
Use the internet to look up earthquakes (link below) List of earthquakes
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Izzy S
10/5/2011 03:13:23 am
1 . Parkfield California . It happened September 28 , 2004 . A Magnitude 6.0 came at 10:15 in the morning . It caused very bad damage to city's and much landscape was ruined .
knight
10/5/2011 03:15:38 am
1.It occurred in Alaska September 2, 2011 at 1:55 AM.The quake triggered a tsunami warning for Alaska but was cancelled an hour later.
Blake S.
10/5/2011 04:03:38 am
The largest recorded earthquake in California was the 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake, with an estimated magnitude of 8.0. The most destructive earthquake to date was the 7.9 magnitude 1906 San Francisco earthquake, in which over 3000 people perished in the earthquake and the fires that followed. On November 9, 1701 severe destruction occurred and part of the area along the north shore of the Tiburon Peninsula from Logane to Petit Goave sank into the sea. Destructive earthquakes originating from the Oriente fault occurred in 1766. A strong quake partially destroyed the church in Santiago in 1783
Jordan B.
10/5/2011 05:15:16 am
2011 Tokai, Japan Earthquake- This earthquake was so massive, it moved the country 12 feet.
Max D.
10/5/2011 05:15:26 am
2011 Tokai, Japan Earthquake- This earthquake was so massive, it moved the country 12 feet.
Kala B.
10/5/2011 07:29:23 am
Today I was learning about the Tectonic plates and Earthquakes and the first Earthquake is the one that was located in Messina ,Italy:December 28,1908 when the earthquake ended after 30 to 40 seconds 91% of the structures in Messina were destroyed and some 70,000 residents were killed.The earthquake was caused by normal faulting between plates. Italy sits along the boundary zone of the African Continental plate and this plate is pushes against the seafloor underneath Europe at a rate of 1-inch (25 mm) per year.Another earthquake is the Haiyuan, China: 1920 it occurred on December 16 this earthquake what now is is called the 1920 Gansu earthquake killed about 235,502 people and during that a A landslide buried the village of Sujiahe in Xiji County. More than 30,000 people were killed in Guyuan County.The next earth quake is Ashgabat, Turkey: 1948 this earthquake killed over 110,000 deaths.The next earthquake is located in Pakistan: 2005 this earth quake known as Azad Kashmir ccurred at 08:52:37 and after the earthquake As the 8 November, the government of Pakistan's official death toll was 75,000. The earthquake also affected countries in the surrounding region where tremors were felt in Tajikistan, western China; while officials say nearly 1,400 people.The severity of the damage caused by the earthquake is attributed to severe upthrust.The last earthquake is Sichuan, China: 2008 this earthquake occurred at 14:28:01 CST (06:28 UTC) on Monday, May 12, 2008 this quake killed about 68,000 people and 374,176 injured, with 18,222 listed as missing.The earthquake left about 4.8 million people homeless, though the number could be as high as 11 million. Approximately 15 million people lived in the affected area.And those are the earthquakes that I learned today.
david b
10/9/2011 11:04:11 pm
point 1
Tyler M
10/10/2011 02:17:50 am
Long Beach earthquake.took place on March 10, 1933.the earthquake magnitude was 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California
Emma S
10/11/2011 12:36:38 am
1. On Nov. 25th,1833 in Sumatra, Indonesia an earthquake occurred. It happened at 22:00 local time. The magnitude was 8.8. The damage was very scarce.
Cody N
10/13/2011 03:34:49 am
1. Libson, Kingdom of Portugal. The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, took place on Saturday November 1st 1755. It killed around 60,000 people, and was a magnitude of 8.5–9.0.
Tricia B.
10/23/2011 10:20:45 am
1. The Valdivia Earthquake occurred in Valdivia, Chile on May 22, 1960. There were buildings, electrical and water systems destroyed. This earthquake deepened local rivers and created wetlands.
Steven R.
10/26/2011 02:43:39 am
1 . Parkfield California . It happened September 28 , 2004 . A Magnitude 6.0 came at 10:15 in the morning . It caused very bad damage to city's and much landscape was ruined .2. June 2011, Christchurch, New Zealand- This earthquake cause over 200 deaths and it was a 7.6 on the ricterscale.3. In Edo Japan on December 31, 1703, an unknown massive earthquake hit This earthquake then resulted in a tsunami which hit the coastal areas of the Boso Peninsula and Sagami Bay. This caused more than 6,500 deaths, mostly on the Boso Peninsula. The tsunami was reported to have caused more than 100,000 deaths.4. On April 14th, 1995 an earthquake occurred located in Western Texas. The magnitude was about 5.6. The damage report were two injuries and a very slight one too.5.April 1, 2007 20:39 Solomon Islands Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
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