No there is no way to stop an earthquake. It just happens when it happens. Though I think Global Warming may have something to do with it.
From 1680 to Jan. 12-11, there have been 65 earthquakes. Sorry, couldn't find any for the rest of 2011 or 2012.
India has volcanoes and regularly experiences earthquakes.
same problem, did you ever find the solution?
There is none and scientests cannot predict earthquakes yet or maybe never but they can measure them after one has happened. But so far there is no solution. But it is possiable to make your house safer from earthquakes.
Antarctica is the quietest continent in terms of earthquakes. Earthquakes have occurred, but are infrequent. What is common on the continent are ice-quakes, which are not as 'moving' as earthquakes, but are frequent.
No they are not, relatively few earthquakes have ever been recorded in Australia as it is a very stable continent with no active volcanoes and few if no earthquakes.
The largest earthquakes ever was the Valdivia earthquake in Chile in 1960 with a magnitude of 9.5. The second largest was the Alaska earthquake in 1964 with a magnitude of 9.2.
You can find information about earthquakes that have happened in California on the earthquake page of the USGS website. Alternatively you can find information on the about website under the geography section which has an article about earthquakes in California.
Sure!
As strange as it may seem, Texas has had earthquakes. Within the last year, I have heard of two in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
If you have ever felt an earthquake you will know they exist. Billions of people have felt earthquakes and many millions of people have been killed by earthquakes. Buildings collapse in many earthquakes. Earthquakes leave plenty of evidence and witnesses behind them that they happened.
a colliodal solution is heterogeneous..