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Is it better to be on the 20th floor of a high-rise hotel or at ground level during an earthquake?
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∙ 14y ago
thats simple. if your buildings fall up, then you should be on the top floor, but they dont. so its not. preferably you need to be in a wide open space not neer anything that could fall on you. but a basement or stuff like that is o.k
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Why do buildings collapse during an earthquake?
there was one reason there were many different car accidents and ane accidents.
What's the definition of earthquake damage?
Earthquake damage is the damage to property and life from the ground vibrations during an earthquake. The Richter scale is one way to measure the scale of earthquake damage. For example, a magnitude of 5 is strong enough to damage weak buildings.
What are easy earthquake questions?
Some good questions about earthquakes are:What is an earthquake?How long do earthquakes last?Is there an 'earthquake season' or 'earthquake weather'?Where is the safest place to be in an earthquake?Will the ground open up during an earthquake?What is a seismometer, seismograph, and a seismogram?When was the seismograph invented?What is the Richter Scale?Do many small earthquakes prevent larger earthquakes?Can we predict earthquakes?What is liquefaction?
Can mosquitoes fly during an earthquake?
Yes, because unless stuff is falling on them, they aren't affected because it is the ground moving and not the air they are flying in.
What is the shaking of the ground that precedes an earthquake?
Tremors
Is it better to be over or under ground during an earthquake?
on ground if you were under you would be buried alive
Can an inground pool crack during an earthquake?
Yes, an in ground pool can crack during an earthquake if it is close enough to the earthquake.
What measures the ground motion during an earthquake?
Seismograph.
The china danced on the shelves during the earthquake.?
China moved because the earthquake moved the ground.
What is seisometer?
An instrument that measures the shaking of the ground during an earthquake.
What happens above the earth ground during and earthquake?
Boom
What is a seisometer?
An instrument that measures the shaking of the ground during an earthquake.
Does deformation cause the ground to shake during an earthquake?
Yers.
During an earthquake the ground surface?
can move in any direction
Is it safer below or above the ground during an earthquake?
Above ground. If you are below ground then there is something above you and this may collapse on you. The safest place to be during an earthquake is on the ground out in the open where nothing can fall on you. Earthquakes do not kill many people directly, it is falling buildings that do that.
What measures how much ground movement during an earthquake?
rector scale
How a part of the sesimographs remains at rest during an earthquake?
When the ground shakes
