Surface waves (of which there are two - the Love and Rayleigh wave) cause the majority of damage during an earthquake.
I think it was the one that happened a few days ago.
In Chile on the 22 May 1960.
The city of Valdivia was the worst effected.
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It is called seismic
They are called primary waves.
Secondary wave
tsunami
In terms of energy output an earthquake is the most powerful.
Well it was a 8.9 on the Richter scale. 5th most powerful in the world. MOST powerful in Japan's history.
It means that the earthquake is large and powerful.
The Christchurch earthquake was a magnitude of 6.3
The worst US earthquake in terms of impact on people was probably the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake which is estimated to have led to the deaths of over 3,000 people and to have left between 227,000 and 300,000 people homeless out of a population of 410,000. In terms of magnitude, the worst earthquake in recorded US history was the 1964 Alaska earthquake which had a moment magnitude of 9.2. This makes it the most powerful earthquake recorded in the US and Canada and the second most powerful earthquake recorded on Earth by seismometer.
In terms of energy output an earthquake is the most powerful.
Inside the World's Most Powerful - 2005 Earthquake Alert was released on: USA: 22 February 2006
the most powerful earthquake was on may the 22nd 1960 in chille
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Well it was a 8.9 on the Richter scale. 5th most powerful in the world. MOST powerful in Japan's history.
The Good Friday Earthquake on March 27, 1964 had its epicenter near Prince Wiliam Sound, Alaska. It lasted about 5 minutes, and caused 131 deaths, but it may not be true.This earthquake was the 4th most powerful earthquake ever recorded, and the most powerful earthquake to have an epicenter in the United States.
The largest earthquake in the world was the 1960 Voldivic earthquake. It was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. It rated 9.5 on the magnitude scale. It occurred in the afternoon.
it was in Chile
The biggest reported earthquake had a magnitude of 9.5. The earthquake in Japan had a magnitude of 8.9, and that's the 5th largest earthquake reported.
No. It is neither the most powerful nor most destructive (in terms of number of deaths). The most powerful earthquake ever was the Valdivian / Great Chilean Earthquake of 1960 (9.5 on Richter scale) and the most destructive was the Shaanxi, China earthquake of 1556 which supposedly killed 850 thousand people. Today's earthquake in comparison was 8.9 on the Richter scale and so far 300 people have been confirmed dead and 500 more missing.
Yes. The March 11, 2011 earthquake in Japan was the most powerful known earthquake ever to have hit Japan, and one of the five most powerful earthquakes in the world overall since modern record-keeping began in 1900.
vey powerful obviously