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What is the relationship between intensity and magnitude of an and earthquake?
the relationship between earthquakes magnitude is the size or amount of energy an earthquake produces and has no connection to hour often earthquakes occur.
Where and when did the largest earthquake occur in the twentieth century?
Chile 1960, Magnitude 9.5
How long do after shocks happen after an earthquake?
By this you could mean 2 things:How long after the main earthquake do aftershocks occur?A: This depends on the magnitude of the main quake, and the faultline and how much tension there is between the tectonic plates.2. For how long after the main earthquake do aftershocks occur?A: This again depends on the magnitude of the main earthquake and the faultline.
What is the strongest Seattle earthquake ever recorded?
The 7.1 magnitude Olympia earthquake in 1949 is the largest earthquake to occur in the Seattle region since records began.
Where was last hit by an earthquake in india. what was there cause?
Earthquake of magnitude 5.7 at India-Nepal border on 4 Apr 2011 Tremors felt. An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale and with an epicentre in Nepal shook parts of north India, including capital Delhi, Ghaziabad, and Noida also.
What is the difference in energy output between a magnitude 5 earthquake and a magnitude 6 earthquake?
A magnitude 6 earthquake has 10 ten times the energy of a magnitude 5 earthquake.
What is an earthquake's magnitude a measure of?
An earthquake's magnitude is a measure of how strong it is
Where did a magnitude 9.5 earthquake occur in 1960?
The epicenter for the 1960 Great Chilean Earthquake or Valdivia Earthquake happened near the city of Cantete about 100 miles south of the 2010 Chile earthquake.
Magnitude is an earthquake's what?
The magnitude of an earthquake is caluated to measure the amount of energy released during the earthquake.
Where did the biggest earthquake occur in the last five years?
The biggest earthquake in our century is the Indian Ocean earthquake in December 2004 with a magnitude of 9.1. But that's not exactly in the last five years, so the Sendai earthquake in Japan today (March 11, 2011) is the biggest earthquake in the last 5 years, with a magnitude of 8.9.
Will there be an earthquake tomorrow?
Actually, earthquakes occur several hundred times a day worldwide. However, these are magnitude of 2 or lower, so they are not felt.A magnitude of 7 earthquake happen at least once a month somewhere in the world.
What was the magnitude of the earthquake?
7.2 magnitude
