7.0. That is STRONG, plus the focus was near earth's surface, so it felt stronger than an earthquake with a 7.0 magnitude but with a focus closer to the middle of the earth would feel.
Haiti was a conservative (AKA transforming) earthquake, were tow tectonic plates move past each other causing friction, on of them gives rapid shaking is caused making an earth quake.7.0
The secound Haiti earthquake, regeristing at 6.1 on the scale, occured on January 20, 2010.
No, an example of this is japan when the earthquake occurred in the middle of the ocean this sent tremors through the earth which caused waves to be sent out from the point of the quake, a tsunami is when the huge waves hit land, when these waves hit japan it was a tsunami
A tsunami is caused by an earthquake, which means that the earthquake would make the Earthquake list. Whether the list would include information on the created tsunami is unknown. Magnitude doesn't always correlate directly to the magnitude of the earthquake nor does it have a direct relationship with the number of deaths or the amount of destruction caused.The highest magnitude Earthquake was recorded in Chile in 1960 with a Magnitude of 9.5. ThisEarthquake created a tsunami that was initially 82 feet high, diminished to 35 feet when it hit the island of Hilo and only 15 feet when it reached Japan.The 2nd worst recorded Earthquake occurred December 26th, 2004 Earthquake Magnitude 9.1-9.3.This quake created 5 tsunamis.The largest/tallest recorded tsunami was created by a magnitude 7.9 earthquake that generated a wave 1720 feet high.
Haiti has experienced multiple earthquakes throughout its history. One of the most devastating earthquakes occurred in 2010, with a magnitude of 7.0, resulting in significant loss of life and infrastructure damage. Haiti continues to be seismically active, with smaller earthquakes occurring periodically.
Over 9 million people
Haiti was a conservative (AKA transforming) earthquake, were tow tectonic plates move past each other causing friction, on of them gives rapid shaking is caused making an earth quake.7.0
China's Qinghai Hit By Magnitude 6.9 Quake and At Least 67 Dead
The secound Haiti earthquake, regeristing at 6.1 on the scale, occured on January 20, 2010.
on that fateful afternoon disaster struck as a massive 8.9 magnitude quake generated a wall of water that surged over the island nation of japan. this quake originated at a shallow depth of 17m.
because there was a earth quake or a bomb hit it or it was struck by lightnig
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on January 12th, 2010 roughly around 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The country's capital city was greatly affected by the earthquake killing hundreds of thousands in a matter of a few minutes.
The Richter magnitude is an estimate of the energy released at the focus, the point where the quake arose. Your experience will depend on depth of the quake, magnitude, distance, intervening soil types, and very importantly, the soil structure at your site. There is a 30-fold increase in each whole number of Richter magnitude. A force 6 had 30 times the energy (at focus) of a force 5. The recent Japanese quake was shallow, and not too far distant from populated centres.
No, an example of this is japan when the earthquake occurred in the middle of the ocean this sent tremors through the earth which caused waves to be sent out from the point of the quake, a tsunami is when the huge waves hit land, when these waves hit japan it was a tsunami
While earthquakes are not formally named, the quake has been and likely will continue to be identified by it's date (January 12, 2010)..
The largest of the past century was a 9.5 quake in Chile in 1960. A 9.2 quake hit Prince William Sound in Alaska in 1964. A 9.1 quake was recorded off the coast of Sumatra in 2004. The fourth-largest quake of the past century was Kamchatka's 9.0 quake in 1952
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the March 11, 2011 magnitude 9.0 Japan earthquake (originally reported as 8.9) was the "biggest quake to hit Japan since record-keeping began in the late 1800s and one of the biggest ever recorded in the world".U.S. government scientists at USGS originally put the Japan quake at 8.9. The change to 9.0 means that the quake was about 1.5 times stronger than initially thought.UPDATE: Official magnitude was updated to 9.1 on Nov 7, 2016.