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What earthquakes that immediately follow a major earthquake shock?
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What are the two major earthquakes in the world?
Two of the worlds major earthquakes occurred in China, January, 1556 it was an 8.0 earthquake and killed about 830,000 people and on July, 1976,a 7.9 earthquake killed 255,000 people.
Do small tremors occur after an earthquake?
An earthquake is caused by 'plates' in the ground shifting and moving. and after a major shift there might be a small aftershock witch is when the 'plates' in the ground move slightly as they are going back into place
What is the earthquake risk for Mexico?
There is a small to moderate risk of a major earthquake in Mexico. Last earthquakes with major loss of live were recorded on 1957 and 1985 with magnitudes of 7.9 and 8.1 on the Richter scale.
What causes earthquakes what areas in North America are more prone to earthquake activity?
Earthquakes are caused by the shifting of the Earth's plates usually at transform boundaries. California is a major earthquake area in NA because of the San Andreas fault line.
A major problem in predicting earthquakes is that no single change in earth occurs for all earthquakes true or false?
The answer would be false. What is clearly unpredictable is the magnitude of any given earthquake.
What are smaller earthquakes called that immediately follow a major earthquake?
earthquakes that immediately follow a major earthquake are called "aftershocks" as to small earthquakes before large earthquakes are called "foreshocks".
Are smaller earthquakes that immediately follow a major earthquake known as aftershocks?
Yes the smaller earthquakes that immediately follow major earthquakes are known as aftershocks.
Earthquakes that immediately follow a major earthquake shock?
Aftershocks
What are earthquakes that immediately follow a major earthquake shock?
these are calle "aftershocks"
What are smaller earthquakes that immediately follow a major earthquake shock?
These are known as aftershocks.
What is earthquakes that immediately follow a major earthquakes shock?
The earthquake that follows the major shock is the aftershock. Technically, there can be lots of them,happening hours, day, weeks, even months after the initial shock.
Earthquakes that immediatly follow a major earthquake shock?
They are called aftershocks, tremors that follow the main shaking.
The adjustments of materials that follow a major earthquake often generate smaller earthquakes called?
aftershocks
What are the two major earthquakes in India?
Gujarat earthquake, and Kashmir earthquake.
Major earthquake are sometime preceded by smaller earthquakes - true or false?
True! The small magnitude earthquakes that sometimes precede a major earthquake are known as fore shocks.
Where will the next major earthquake happen?
We do not know. Earthquakes are not predictable.
Will there be a major earthquake in puerto rico in 2012?
Earthquakes cannot be predicted.
