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Normally an earthquake is first named by the year and then the place: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. Sometimes the year is followed by the name of the fault.
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Could you think of a better name? The earth quakes (shakes violently).

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No they are not

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Can you stop earthquakes?

No, earthquakes happen on there own. Kind of like how you can't stop tsunamis, tornadoes, or hurricanes.


Does HAARP control the weather and earthquakes?

No. Hurricanes and earthquakes are natural phenomena that cannot be controlled.


What part of japan has no earthquakes tsunamis and hurricanes?

A part that has land


Examples of destructive forces?

Anything that you can build,like say your buliding a house. BUILD is your answer


Can hurricanes cause an earthquake?

No, earthquakes are triggered when a tectonic plate shifts. An earthquake takes place in the ground. Hurricanes, on the other hand, take place in the sky. It will take an enormous hurricane to move an area by one centimeter. But, they can never cause earthquakes.

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Do earthquakes travel like tornadoes and hurricanes do?

No


Can hurricanes and earthquakes happen underwater?

hurricanes no, earthquakes yes. thats what causes Tsunamis... underwater earthquakes.


Has California had any hurricanes or earthquakes?

California has had many earthquakes, but no recorded hurricanes.


Can you stop earthquakes?

No, earthquakes happen on there own. Kind of like how you can't stop tsunamis, tornadoes, or hurricanes.


Are black holes named like hurricanes?

no


What causes most deaths Earthquakes lightning Strikes or Hurricanes?

Earthquakes have caused more deaths than hurricanes, and hurricanes have caused more deaths than lightning.


Which is more severe earthquakes tsunamis hurricanes or a tornado?

Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and tornadoes are all severe. It just depends on how strong they are and where they occur.


Can hurricanes form from earthquakes?

No, they aren't connected. Earthquakes have to do with underwater disturbances causing the ground to shake. Hurricanes are basically giant storms that spin.


What forms the waves in the ocean?

Mostly wind. Sometimes earthquakes. no its hurricanes no earthquakes.


How are earthquakes hurricanes similar?

they destroy stuff


How are hurricanes and earthquakes similar?

they destroy stuff


Does US have bad weathers?

not lot of time but they do have bad weather like earthquakes, thunderstorms and even hurricanes