They never "started", earthquakes have been going on for as long as the earth has been around.
First Recorded Earthquake in Sri Lanka 14th April, 1615
The earthquake was first and caused the tsunami, like when you throw a stone into a pond first and then the ripples go out.
The first earthquake in Australia happened hundreds of millions of years ago.
Mexico's biggest earthquake occurred in 1985. This devastating earthquake, known as the Mexico City earthquake, had a magnitude of 8.0 and caused widespread destruction and loss of life.
The earthquake in Haiti occurred on January 12, 2010. It was a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that devastated the country, causing widespread destruction and loss of life.
1615
There were earthquakes before there were people around to assign numbers to a year.
200years ago
1906 was the year of "great Earthquake'
First Recorded Earthquake in Sri Lanka 14th April, 1615
It starts at the focus or hypocentre of the earthquake.
One example of an earthquake-related word that starts with "x" is "seismic" which refers to the waves of energy caused by an earthquake.
displacement is an earthquake term
the first day after the last day of the previous year.
The earthquake in Haiti began on the 12th of January 2010
first
By plates.