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The famous Northridge earthquake in Los,Angeles CA.
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The earthquake flattened the entire town.There was an earthquake yesterday.It is predicted that an earthquake along the San Andreas fault in the US would be the most devastating in history.
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seismograph is how to measure the intensity the earthquake will be or was.
go outside, and then go back inside; nothing will change!
The most destructive earthquake in US history was the Prince William Sound earthquake. This earthquake did extensive damage across the Gulf of Alaska.
Alaska had the biggest earthquake in the US.
Seismic waves are the waves that rapidly move through the earth's crust causing a shift in techtonic plates. These waves tell us how strong an earthquake was.
There was a long interval when the teacher told us about the huge project we had assigned. :D
The Richter scale developed by Charles F. Richter in 1935 is used to rate the magnitude of an earthquake. It tells us roughly (probably very roughly) the amount of energy that has been released by the earthquake.
The famous Northridge earthquake in Los,Angeles CA.
Usually the place where the earthquake takes place. Earthquake itself is a common noun.There's the National Earthquake Information Center(NEIC), a division of the US Geological Survey of the US Department of Interior; or the 1974 movie "Earthquake", starring Charleton Heston.
The Old Testament prophets knew nothing about Japan and made no predictions about the recent earthquake there, although this was the fifth most powerful earthquake in the last hundred years. Similarly, they did not foreshadow the recent earthquakes in Christchurch or Aceh. Seismologists say that there will one day be a massive earthquake in California, but the prophets can do nothing to tell us whether that major event will be in this century or perhaps the next.
im guessing something to do with earthquakes. Since a seismograph is used to measure earthquakes and also because the word 'earthquake' is Spanish is 'sismo'
The most earthquake prone part of the US is Alaska. California is the second most earthquake prone state and Hawaii third. According to the USGS National Earthquake Center, there is an earthquake of magnitude 7.0 or greater in the US once every few years.