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Which New Zealand city was recently struck by a damaging earthquake?
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Wellington
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What tradegy recently struck Japan?
earthquake, which in turn caused a tsunami
When did the New zealand earthquake hit 2011?
The 2011 Christchurch earthquake struck the Canterbury region in New Zealand's South Island at 12:51 pm on 22 February 2011 local time
How do disasters happen?
It depends, for a tsunami, like recently New Zealand was threatened with one, after all the way in Chilli a huge earthquake struck and that sent a bit of a big current to NZ but luckily the warning wasn't correct and the kiwis were all fine.
What caused the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck near Christchurch New Zealand on September 3 2010?
The plates moving under the ground and that made the earth fall apart.
When was Earthquake?
Haiti was struck by a major earthquake on January 12, 2010.
What is the highest earthquake reading?
The highest earthquake reading on the Richter scale is 9.5 when an earthquake struck Chilie
What is a sentence using earthquake?
The earthquake caused very little damage.
What date did the earthquake happen in New Zealand?
Christchurch and much of the surrounding Canterbury area wasdevastatedby a 7.1 magnitude earthquake in the early hours of September 4th 2010. This was then followed by a shallower 6.3 magnitudeearthquakeon February 22nd 2011 that struck during the busy lunch hours.
When was Haiti's earthquake?
Haiti was struck by a major earthquake on January 12, 2010.
What time did the earthquake struck?
3:35
The earthquake which struck Haiti was recorded as magnitude 7.0 what does this mean?
Magnitude is a term used to describe how much energy was released by an earthquake. It gives an indication of the amplitude of the seismic waves that occur and also on the length of the fault rupture zone and the displacement along the fault. A magnitude 7 earthquake is defined by the US Geological Survey as a "major" earthquake. In general earthquake over a magnitude of 4 or 5 can cause damage although the exact reasons why some earthquake are more damaging than others is more complext than just the absolute magnitdue of the earthquake. For more information on this, see the related question.
What ls the Strongest intensity earthquake that struck japan ln the early 90's?
the Kobe earthquake
