If there was a 6.3 earthquake, some young trees would be uprooted. Houses would collapse. Pavement would be cracked into bits of rock. Most people would be left homeless.
It means that the earthquake is large and powerful.
The Good Friday earthquake is the name given to a powerful earthquake that occurred in Alaska on March 27, 1964. It remains the most powerful recorded earthquake in North American history and caused widespread damage and tsunamis.
Destructive, powerful, unpredictable.
Tsunami
3,757 Injuries 400 Severely Hurt Approximately 42 Fatalities
vey powerful obviously
It means that the earthquake is large and powerful.
5.3
Because it was a powerful, shallow earthquake.
Magnitude 7.0 is a more powerful earthquake.
It is called an aftershock.
9.0-10
The Good Friday earthquake is the name given to a powerful earthquake that occurred in Alaska on March 27, 1964. It remains the most powerful recorded earthquake in North American history and caused widespread damage and tsunamis.
The largest earthquake in the world was the 1960 Voldivic earthquake. It was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. It rated 9.5 on the magnitude scale. It occurred in the afternoon.
There was plenty of warnings that Mt. Vesuvius would erupt. That's why so many people actually escaped. There were earth tremors and small quakes for weeks before and the water sources were drying up. The smart ones read the signs and got out.
Destructive, powerful, unpredictable.
Tsunami