Using the Richter Magnitude Scale the strongest is 9 to 9.9, which represents severe damage to all or most buildings with massive destruction. Damage extends to distant locations and death cam be as high as several millions. Estimated frequency between 5 and 50 years
The largest recorded earthquake in the world was a magnitude 9.5 (Mw) in Chile on May 22, 1960.
Magnitude 9.0
Something that is supposed to be strong enough to resist an earthquake.
will more shocks be felt after a storng earthquake
yes there was an earthquake today at 11:57am.it was about 5.9 strong.
The Earthquake was a 5.6 magnitude followed by 10 aftershocks.
These smaller earthquakes are called aftershocks. Aftershocks can often be as strong as the earthquake its self and there can be many.
'Earthquake' is地震 (jishin) in Japanese.
depends if the wave is strong or not if too strong cood cause an enormous earthquake.
So far the amount of people that have died in the Japanese earthquake is 10,000 people.
it depends how strong the earthquake is
japanese
2011
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Jishin.
The Japanese
Try "Great Hanshin Earthquake"
The 2011 Tohoku earthquake occurred at 2:46 JST ( Japanese Standard Time ). The epicenter of the earthquake was around 45 miles east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tohoku.