The Haitian earthquake rates as along with the Sumatran earthquake and tsunami as the most terrible earthquake since 1975. Tangshan, Kashmir, and Sichuan round out the top five.
There have been many horrible earthquakes over the years. The top five most terrible earthquakes were in Shensi, China, Tangshan, China, Aleppo, Syria, Sumatra, Indonesia, and Haiti.
There have been numerous earthquakes since 1975. Five of the worst locations were Tangshan, China in 1976 where 240,000 died, Sumatra, Indonesia in 2004 where 100,000 to 225,000 died, Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 2010 where 316,000 died, Tohoku, Japan in 2011 where 15,878 died and 129,225 buildings collapsed, and Sichuan, China in 2008 where 69,127 died.
There have been no earthquakes felt in Queensland since the start of European settlement. Australia has far fewer earthquakes than most other parts of the world. Australia has about 1 earthquake every 5 five years, compared to the world average of around 140 per year.
Force Five - 1975 TV was released on: USA: 28 March 1975
Tsunamis, floods and earthquakes
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Five-Minute Films - 1975 is rated/received certificates of: UK:PG
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Earthquakes can cause grounds shaking, tsunamis, landslides and rockfalls, subsidence and lateral spreading, and liquefaction.
Five Red Herrings - 1975 was released on: USA: 19 December 1976
The frequency of earthquakes depends on the location. in Japan, earthquakes occur 3 times a month, and in the Sahara in Africa they occur once in five years..
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