I think in Mississauga Ontario Canada
An earthquake's Focus is located directly under the Epicenter of an earthquake. The Epicenterof an earthquake is located on the surface of the earthquake.
No, the Haiti earthquake in 2010 was not the strongest earthquake ever recorded. The strongest earthquake ever recorded was the 1960 Valdivia earthquake in Chile, which had a magnitude of 9.5 on the Richter scale.
The most devastating earthquake of 1999 was in Taiwan. It is also known as the Jiji Earthquake. The earthquake reached a magnitude of 7.6.
The origin of an earthquake is called the hypocenter or focus. This is the point within the Earth where the earthquake begins and energy is released.
differences in earthquake intensity; differences in demographics at/near the earthquake site
Chile's last earthquake was the Araucania earthquake that happened at 17:20 on 01-02-2011. It was 7.1 magnitude.
You can find out more about earthquake insurance. You can do this by going to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_insurance and www.walletpop.com/2010/01/.../earthquake-insurance-is-it-worth-it/.
On February 4th, 1965, a reverse fault caused the Rat Islands Earthquake, Alaska, at 5:01 A.M.
According to the USGS Earthquake Center, the deadliest earthquakes with respect to fatalities are these three:Date Location DeathsMagnitude1556/01/23Shaanxi (Shensi), China830,0008.02010/01/12Haiti region316,0007.01976/07/27Tangshan, China242,7697.5For full list see related link to USGS website below.
The Kashmir Earthquake is 7.2 on the Richter Scale
Japan has some kind of earthquake nearly every day most of which are small earthquakes. The most recent earthquake was reported 2013-11-24 01:26:42 local time 19km ESE of Shizunai, Japan at depth of 56.9 km.
Prior to the magnitude 9.0 earthquake in March 2011, the previous record for the largest magnitude was 8.5 on June 15, 1896 in Sanriku, Japan. The largest number of deaths attributed to an earthquake in Japan was the magnitude 7.9 quake on 1923/09/01 in Kanto (Kwanto), Japan with 142,800 deaths. Mass destruction due its closeness to Tokyo in addition to a resulting tsunami.
March 11, 2011. this date will be known in infamy in Japan as 3/11/11, like our 9/11/01 for the twin towers in the states.
An earthquake's Focus is located directly under the Epicenter of an earthquake. The Epicenterof an earthquake is located on the surface of the earthquake.
Japan had Tsunami and an Earthquake Kansas had an earthquake
The 1933 Sanriku earthquake was a major earthquake.
It was a 9.0 level earthquake