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The most destructive earthquake in US history was the Prince William Sound earthquake. This earthquake did extensive damage across the Gulf of Alaska.
Destructive. Destructive means destroying and constructive means to make something. An earthquake is both destructive and constructive.
A strong earthquake can be very destructive.
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.
An earthquake in some sense is both constructive and destructive.
No, P waves are not usually responsible for the most destruction during an earthquake. P waves are fast-moving seismic waves that usually cause less damage compared to the slower and more destructive S waves and surface waves. The shaking and ground displacement caused by these other waves typically result in the most destruction during an earthquake.
both constructive and destrutive
This just a bad sight
Near the Coast of Central Peru, its magnitude was a ranging 8.1. 4,000, had been killed durring.
Destructive, powerful, unpredictable.