Deadliest Earthquakes 101
Deadliest Earthquakes 201
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Plate Tectonics
Earthquake and Tsunami cycles
100
The earthquake that did not result in a Tsunami, but instead caused great destruction through the form of land slides
What is the Sumatra Earthquake
100
In what year did the Java Earthquake occur that measured 6.3 magnitude and was followed by two aftershocks measured at 4.8 and 4.6?
What is 2006
100
What are all three of the presenters names?
What is Carly Linthicum, Whitney Sterling, and Sarah Dolan
100
Which plates were involved in the 2004 Indonesian earthquake?
What is Indo-Australian Plate and the Eurasian Plate
100
What is one of the most active plate margins in the world?
What is the Sumatran subduction zone
200
How many feet was the tsunami that resulted from the Nias Earthquake in March 2005?
What is 10 feet high
200
Two of the deadliest earthquakes occur within two months of each other in the same year, what are the names of those earthquakes?
What is Java and Java
200
What does Ryan call us in his emails?
What is Sea Monkeys
200
Which trench is a result of the subduction zone near Indonesia?
What is Sundra Trench
200
What is the recycling period for earthquakes of magnitudes greater than 8.5?
What is 150 to 200 years
300
Which earthquake killed approximately 1,300 people, despite the tiny size of it's resulting tsunami?
What is the Nias Earthquake
300
Which of the five deadliest earthquake(s) did not result in Tsunamis?
What is Java (May, 2006) and Sumatra
300
What was our groups country called in last weeks lab?
What is Stella
300
What are the three types of faults created by earthquakes?
What is Normal, Reverse, and Strike-slip
300
What is the convergence rate of the Sumatran subduction zone?
What is 40-50 mm/year
400
What was the magnitude of the 2004 earthquake that took the lives of approximately 230,000 people?
What is 9.1-9.3
400
What Earthquake (and in what year) occurred within the subducting Australian Plate, rather than on the plate interface itself?
What is the Sumatra Earthquake- 2009
400
What was our first lab called?
What is Maps
400
What theory explains earthquake tectonics?
What is the Elastic Rebound Theory
400
What is the recycling period for earthquakes with a magnitude of less then 8.0?
What is a few decades
500
What was the name of the Earthquake that resulted in a Tsunami known as the "Boxing Tsunami"?
What is the Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake
500
What were the names of the top 5 most deadliest Earthquakes
What is Sumatra-Andaman, Java, Nias, Sumatra, Java
500
What is our TA's full name?
What is Ryan James Haupt
500
What is the specific type of earthquake that caused the massive thrust of the tectonic plates that may have heaved the Indian Ocean floor towards Indonesia?
What is the megathrust earthquake
500
What type of records should be used to help predict recurring earthquakes?
What is Paleotsunamic Records