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What is the difference between the Haiti earthquake and the Chile earthquake?
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe Chilean earthquake was stronger than the Haitian earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 while the Haitian earthquake had a magnitude of 7.0.
The two earthquakes occurred due to differing types of fault movement (thrust faulting in the Chilean quake vs strike slip faulting in the Haitian quake) and at two differing types of plate boundaries. In the case of the Chilean earthquake, this was at a convergent boundary where the Nazca oceanic plate is being subducted under the continental South American plate as opposed to the Haitian earthquake which occurred at a transform boundary between the Caribbean and North American plates which are both moving east but at differing speeds.
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What was the last horrible earthquake?
I think in Haiti or Chile
What kind of earthquake happened in Haiti?
There was a big earthquake in 2010 in Haiti. The earthquake was 7.0
How deep was the earthquake in Haiti?
The Earthquake in haiti was a magnitude 7.0 earthquake, following some very severe aftershocks including a magnitude 6.1 aftershock. This was the largest earthquake ever revocorded and had the largest aftershock also recorded
What was the rate of haiti's earthquake?
A monster 7.0 earthquake
What was the haiti earthquake ranked?
I believe the January 10th 2010 Haiti earthquake was the 18th largest in the records.It was magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter Scale. It had the energy of a 32 million tons of TNT.To put that into perspective. It was 500 times less than the mag 8.8 earthquake to hit Chile on Feb, 27 2010 (15.8 billion tons of TNT) and 2,000 times less than the mag 9.1 Indian Ocean earthquake of December 26, 2004 (90.7 billion tons of TNT).One aftershock of the February 27th 2010 Chile earthquake at 08:01 GMT was almost as big as Haiti at mag 6.9.The largest earthquake on record was also just off the coast of Chile about 100 miles south of the 2010 one on May 22nd 1960. It was mag 9.5 earthquake and was 5,500 times bigger at 178 billion tons of TNT.
How much stronger was the Chile earthquake than the one in Haiti?
The Chile earthquake at 8.8 was about 100 times stronger than the Haiti earthquake at 6.8. The Richter scale is logarithmic. The difference between the earthquakes is 2.0, which is the logarithm of 100.
What is a difference between NZ and Haiti?
An Earthquake.
Is Chile earthquake more worse than Haiti earthquake?
The Chile earthquake was stronger than the Haiti earthquake but, larger because of differences in construction and infrastructure its impact on humans was less severe.
What was the last horrible earthquake?
I think in Haiti or Chile
Witch earthquake was the worst haiti or Chile?
Chile but more people were killed in Haiti because the effected area was more densly populated.
Who got it worse Chile or Haiti?
Chile's earthquake arrived at approximately 8.7! Haiti's earthquake struck at 7.6. Chile is more rich than Haiti so they have enough money to repair bulding and bridges and pay for the people who are in the hospital. As for Haiti, they are a very small, poor country and need America's help. So help Haiti now.
Countries that were recentlyaffected by earthquakes?
The Haiti earthquake in Jan. 12, 2010.The Chile earthquake.The Turkey earthquake.
What is a list of the most recent natural disasters within 6 months?
Haiti earthquake, Chile earthquake, China earthquake, Iceland Volcano
How much money did Chile get from the earthquake?
well, because Chile is a rich country, and only 717 died in the earthquake, they probably got less than 10million, but the haiti earthquake is far more damaged, and haiti is one of the poorest country, so there houses were less developed
Where in the world might an earthquake be experienced?
haiti Chile places with erupted plate underneath them
Places with disaster for the past 5 years?
NewOrleans, (hurricane), Haiti, (earthquake),Japan (earthquake)Srilanka(tsunami), Turkey (earhquake), Chile (earthquake)
In which country had earthquake happened recently?
There has been many earthquakes happening like Haiti, Chile, and Japan.
