A "large" earthquake can be a major or great earthquake, both of which can cause serious damage to people, animal life, and buildings.
A major earthquake is one of magnitude 7 - 7.9 which can cause serious damage. A great earthquake has a magnitude 8.0 or greater which can completely destroy communities near the epicenter.
The 9.1 magnitude earthquake that hit Japan on March 11, 2011, is an example of a very large or great earthquake.
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after shocks can be deadly - sometimes as bad as the earthquake itself!
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Away from any large objects.
No. The second highest earthquake magnitude (depending on the source of the information) was either the Boxing Day 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (magnitude 9.1 - 9.3) or the 1964 Alaskan earthquake (magnitude 9.2). The Haitian Earthquake in January 2010 had a Richter magnitude of 7.2.
It means that the earthquake is large and powerful.
No, the recent large earthquake of 9.0 was off the coast of Japan along with many hundreds of aftershocks since the initial very large earthquake.
If its a large earthquake, you can expect a tsunami to follow
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after shocks can be deadly - sometimes as bad as the earthquake itself!
after shocks can be deadly - sometimes as bad as the earthquake itself!
Away from any large objects.
No. The earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010 was a 7.0, which is a very large earthquake, though by no means the largest. The smallest earthquakes are too small to even be felt.
A large crack in the ground is called a fault which is caused by and earthquake.