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What are the Places experiencing equal impact of an earthquake are called?
Seimsic Lines
What are verbs for earthquake?
Well verbs for earthquake would be: shake, roll, move, tremor, wave, and aftershock to name a few.
Why are the biggest earthquakes not the biggest killers?
No it isn't. There are several factors which contribute to earthquake fatalities: the size of the earthquake, the amount of population in the affected area, and the quality of construction of the buildings in that area. So, a huge earthquake taking place in an unpopulated region of Alaska, for example, would cause few if any fatalities, whereas a much small earthquake in Haiti caused lots of fatalities, due both to density of population and to poor construction standards.
Was Taiji also hit by the earthquake?
It wasn't hit directly by the earthquake. It did however, experience tremers and a surge from the ocean that destroyed a few things.
Where do most earthquakes happen in the US?
The most earthquake prone part of the US is Alaska. California is the second most earthquake prone state and Hawaii third. According to the USGS National Earthquake Center, there is an earthquake of magnitude 7.0 or greater in the US once every few years.
How does the effect of the earthquake spreads from the epicentre and what it means to experience an aftershock?
The effect of the earthquake as it spreads from the epicenter gets weaker and weaker the farther you go from the epicenter. When you experience aftershock, you feel a second or third minor vibration from the original earthquake.
What is the effect of earthquake to people and environment?
Injury and death to people. Wreckage to the environment and a weaker economy.
Is a 6.3 earthquake twice as big as a 6.2 earthquake?
The Richter and Moment Magnitude scale are both logarithmic scales so that a scale 1 earthquake would be 10 times weaker than a scale 2 earthquake and 100 times weaker than a scale 3 earthquake, so mathmatically I would say that it increases by a tenth of a scale 7 earthquake.
What is an after shock?
An aftershock is a smaller earthquake that follows the main earthquake, usually occurring in the same area and caused by the shifting of rock underground. Aftershocks can happen within hours, days, or even months after the initial earthquake. These can be as strong as or weaker than the main earthquake.
Where was the location of the earthquake?
Which earthquake, there have only been about a few thousand recorded.
Do after shocks of an earthquake happen within a week?
It depends! Depending upon the built-in energy at the epicenter before and after the earthquake (main shock), and/or the energy (especially stored at some weaker places) generated after the earthquake, aftershocks of an earthquake range in their time.For more details, refer: http://www.answers.com/library/Wikipedia-cid-1349 Aftershock
Why does an earthquake get weaker as you move further away from the epicentre?
An earthquake gets weaker as you move away from the epicenter because the seismic waves spread out in all directions, losing energy as they travel through the Earth's layers. The farther you are from the epicenter, the more the energy of the seismic waves is spread out over a larger area, resulting in weaker shaking.
How long do earth quakes last?
Earthquakes are very short, almost never longer than 1 minute, usually around 30 seconds. Weaker aftershocks occur afterward, these are around 10 seconds. The aftershocks are also very short, usually shorter than the initial earthquake. But in that small amount of time, earthquakes can cause massive damage.
Can an earthquake happen in Ohio?
An earthquake can happen anywhere. But some places are more active than others.
Places with disaster for the past 5 years?
NewOrleans, (hurricane), Haiti, (earthquake),Japan (earthquake)Srilanka(tsunami), Turkey (earhquake), Chile (earthquake)
Where earthquake more stronger in epicenter or in the edge of the earthquake?
Earthquakes are stronger at the epicenter because that is where the earthquake originates and where the release of energy is most intense. As seismic waves propagate outwards from the epicenter, they decrease in intensity and strength. At the edge of the earthquake, the seismic waves are weaker compared to those at the epicenter.
Has the Haiti earthquake?
Yes it has. It had a few earhtquakes.
