Where do earthquakes occur :
Where do earthquakes occur Earthquakes usually occur in places where 2 crusts meet called faults.
Different earthquakes:
Different earthquakes Where: Southern Chile
magnitude :9.5
Date: may, 29th 1960
Dead: 32290
where: Anchorage, Alaska, magnitude : 9.2,
Date: march 28th, 1934,
Dead: 131
Where: Tokyo , Japan,
magnitude : 8.3,
Date: September 1,1th 1923
Dead: over 140000 Where :Mexico city, Mexico, magnitude: 8.1,
Date : September 20,1985,
Dead: 40,000
Where: Izmit, turkey
magnitude :7.8,
Date: August 17th 1999,
dead : 40000
Where :Chimbote, Peru
magnitude : 7.75,
Date: May 31, 1970,
Dead : 50,000
More Earthquakes:
More Earthquakes Where :Northern Iran magnitude: 7.7, date: June 21, 1990 Dead: 70,000
Where: Gansu, china
magnitude:7.6
Date: December 25,1932
Dead: 70,000
Where: Massena, Sicily
magnitude: 7.5
Date: December 20, 1908
dead: 85,000
Where: San Francisco, California
magnitude: 7.1
Date: October 17, 1989
Dead: 67
Northridge Earthquake :
Northridge Earthquake
where: Las Angeles, California
When: Jan. 17, 1994
magnitude: 6.7
Deaths: 57
I-5 & Antelope Valley Freeway Damage CSUN Parking Structure Damage Damage in Hollywood Sherman Oaks Apartment Damage Health Clinic Damage
Northridge earthquake:
Northridge earthquake A movement on a fault Caused it
Blind thrust (one the faults involved)
Andrea Matta :
Andrea Matta “It all began during the night of January 17, 1994. It was 4:00 am, Everybody was asleep. I woke up to the loud screaming of my friend, "It is an earthquake! It is an earthquake! Get up! Get up!" I was half asleep. I didn't know what to do. I ran to my friend's room. She grabbed my hand and pulled me with her toward the door. We stood together hugging each other in fear underneath the door jam until the earthquake was over.” It lasted about 40 seconds, but it seemed like it never ended. The whole apartment was a mess. The cabinet door opened, and everything fell down and broke. All the pictures and plates hanging on the wall fell down and broke too. Even the TV and VCR broke.