It's safer to avoid elevators during an earthquake because they may malfunction or get stuck, trapping you inside. Additionally, if the power goes out during the earthquake, you could be left stranded in the elevator shaft. It is better to take the stairs if it is safe to do so during an earthquake.
Scientists have not given earthquakes names as yet but the first recorded instance of someone using an earthquake intensity recording device was by a scientist by the name of Schiantarelli, who in 1783 recorded the intensity of an earthquake that happened in Calabrian, Italy.
The difference between them is that Primary effects happen during the earthquake e.g. Casualties, Damage to parking structures & free ways. But with Secondary effects they happen after an earthquake e.g. Fire, Landslides & Liquefaction
Yes, shaking during an earthquake can cause significant damage to buildings and infrastructure.
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The earthquake triggered the tsunami
Good Friday
An earthquake hit Lima
A tsunami happened during the Indian Ocean tsunami in December 24 2004
there was destruction and many people deid
It depends upon the effect in which earthquake had been happened. They are measured by Richter scale.
The most recent tsunami was in Japan happened 2011, during the Earthquake.
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The number of people that died was: 131,115!!!!!!!!!!
Haiti sat in port-au-prince Haiti during the quake.
it probably happened during dinosaur periods when the continents split apart
Many indigenous populations were decimated drastically, because of the many who died from the flu.