Facts
What happens to the ground in an earthquake?
it shakes
A 7.9 magnitud earthquake happened in San Francisco in what year?
a. 1906
b. 1907
c.1908
1906
Where in North America was there an earthquake of 8.1 magnitud in 1985?
Mexico City
What is a Richter scale used for?
Measure an earthquake
What causes earthquakes?
Tectonic plates moving
Russias’s biggest earthquake was in…
a. 2024
b. 2025
c. 2026
2025
What continent experiences the most earthquakes?
Asia
Aside from the Richter scale, what other machine can be used to measure an earthquake?
Mercalli scale
what other disaster can an earthquake cause?
Tsunami
a. 8.9
b. 9.0
c. 9.1
9.1
Where is the fault of San Andreas?
California
How many earthquakes are detected every year?
a. 100,000
b. 500,000
c. 1,000,000
500,000
What is the epicenter?
Where an earthquake happens?
These 2 countries were hit by an earthquake of a magnitude of 8.8.
A) Colombia-Argentina
B) Colombia-Ecuador
c) Ecuador-Argentina
Colombia-Ecuador
Next to what sea is Coco’s Plate?
Pacific Ocean
What do you call earthquakes that happen on the moon?
Moonquakes
How many minutes was the longest earthquake?
10 minutes
When was the biggest earthquake recorded?
1960
In what country was the biggest Earthquake experienced?
Chile
What country invented the first seismometer?
China