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When the two tectonic plates come together.
What is a fault line?
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Liquefaction happens when water-logged soil acts as a liquid that causes sections of the ground to sink or slide.
What is liquefaction?
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The largest recorded earthquake was the 9.5-magnitude of The Great Chilean earthquake of 1960. This earthquake spawned numerous tsunamis that caused damage as far away as Hawaii, Japan, and the Philippines.
What is the largest recorded earthquake?
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(Africa, Eurasia, Indo-Australia, North America, The Pacific, and South America)
Name one country that is apart of the seven primary tectonic plates.
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1. You would need an house that could withstand an earthquake
2. You would need heavier items on the ground 3. You would need lighter items on a stable shelf 4. You would need strong appliances
What can others do to prepare for an earthquake?
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Alaska.
What place in the whole world has the greatest amount of earthquakes?
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Earthquakes that are followed by smaller earthquakes.
What are after shocks?
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California.
What country in the U.S. has the most earthquakes?
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it will measure less than 4.0 magnitude.
What will an earthquake measure if it is not even noticeable?
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They are measurement devices used for sensing and recording movements in the earth's surface.
What are seismometers and seismographs used for?
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Greater damage.
Higher on the Richter Scale what will see when it is in an area with lots of earthquakes?
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surface faulting is a change in the relative positions of things on opposite sides of a fault line.
What is surface faulting?
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A plate that is next to another plate.
What is an adjacent plate?
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When the plates are under each other and are moving at the same time.
What is an underlying movement?
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Charles Richter.
Who was the Richter Scale developed by?
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