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Earthquakes

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  • The Great San Fransisco Earthquake

    The Great San Fransisco Earthquake
    San Fransisco Info Underground rocks broke along the San Andreas Fault. From there, the earth shook and buildings toppled. Just after 15 minutes, raging fires coved downtown San Fransisco which burned for 3 days. The death toll from the earthquake and resulting fire is the greatest loss of life from a natural disaster in California's history. 3,000 people died.

  • Japan's great earthquake

    Japan's great earthquake
    sourceJapan is hit with many huge earthquakes because its on the Eurasian Plate near the Pacific Plate. Above all others, The great earth quake of 1923 stands out. Fires swemped through and grew so large that they generated firestorms.

  • The largest earthquake in the world.

    The largest earthquake in the world.
    On May 22nd 1960 a 9.5 earthquake occured in the country of Chile. About 1,655 killed, 3,000 injured, 2,000,000 homeless, and $550 million damage in southern Chile.

  • Largest Earthquake in Alaska

    Largest Earthquake in Alaska
    Alaska Earthquake Info This earthquake caused a $311 million loss due to property damamge and killed 128 people.

  • Peru's Greatest Earthquake

    Peru's Greatest Earthquake
    Peru EarthquakeMajor damage occurred in the coastal areas and in the cities, people were crushed by many tall buildings. The earthquake did cause the heights of Peru. Avalanches occurred down the side of mountains and hills. Nearly 80,000 people were killed and millions were homeless.

  • China's Greatest Earthquake

    China's Greatest Earthquake
    China EarthquakeThis tremendous earthquake killed nearly 100,000 people. This happened in the northeastern China's Hopeh Province. Dams collapsed, railroads were wrecked, and people in underground mines were crushed. It ws the 3rd deadliest earthquake in the world.

  • Indonesia earthquake

    Indonesia earthquake
    On September 12th 2007 at least 25 people killed, 161 injured, 52,522 buildings damaged or destroyed and roads damaged in Bengkulu and Sumatera Barat by a 8.5 earthquake along with a massive tsunami.

  • Haiti's Major Earthquake

    Haiti's Major Earthquake
    HaitiThe earthquake in Haiti was one of the worst. It had a magnitude of 7 and it killed over 316,000 people and injured over 300,000 people. It was so massive that it damaged and destroyed over 200,000 houses and buildings. Also, since Haiti is an island it was difficult for poeple to get supplies over to the country.

  • Chile Earthquake

    Chile Earthquake
    Chile Earthquake InfoAt 3:34am on a Saturday, off the coast of central Chile, an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale lasted for about three minutes with intense shaking. Death toll was 525.