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Many bridges survive earthquakes. Most earthquakes are small or moderate and do very little damage.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoA bridge can and will collapse during an earthquake if the force of the earthquake is greater than the structural capacity of the bridge.
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Has there ever been a earthquake in Tasmania?
yes in 1985 there was an earthquake in Tasmania and it was 4.8
Was there ever been an earthquake in Mississippi?
Yes! several especially in the last five years!
What is the highest mark on the Richer scale?
There is no absolute top to the Richter scale, although the largest earthquake ever recorded by mankind was the Valdivia earthquake in Chile that was the equivalent of 9.5 on the Richter scale in 1960. While no earthquake any stronger has ever been recorded, the impact that caused the Chicxulub crater in the Yucatan Peninsula about 65 million years ago has been calculated to have been the equivalent of about 13.0 on the Richter scale.
What are short-term predictions of earthquake behavior?
Short term predictions of earthquake behaviour or even earthquake predictions in general have not occured yet. Many even question if earthquakes will ever be able to be predicted. Even the earthquakes that have supposedly been predicted correctly have controversy behind the method
Was there ever a magnitude ten earthquake?
No. The largest ever recorded was in 1965 in Chile and that was a 9.5.
Is the haiti earthquake the strongest earthquake ever?
It is the strongest earthquake that has ever been in Haiti.
Was there an earthquake in edmonton?
There has ever been an earthquake in Edmonton.
Has there ever been a 12.5 earthquake?
No, the highest ever recorded earthquake registered at 9.5
Was there ever been an earthquake in Sudan?
no
Has there ever been a earthquake in Tasmania?
yes in 1985 there was an earthquake in Tasmania and it was 4.8
Has Sydney ever had an earthquake?
No, but there has been an Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 north of Sydney in Newcastle.
Has there ever been an earthquake in London?
yes, in 2010 an earthquake happened with a magnitude of 2.2
When or has anyone ever been outdoors during a cyclone and survived?
Yes. People have been picked up by the winds of a cyclone and survived.
Has there ever been an earthquake in stone mountain or Lithonia?
no
Has the flapper style survived or ever been revived?
yes
Has Michael Jackson ever been shot and survived?
He was never shot.
Have you ever been in a tornado or hurricane and survived it?
I personally have not, but many people have.
