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FAST FACTS: • Geologists rate earthquakes in magnitude, which is the amount of energy released during the quake. • The largest recorded earthquake happened in Chile on May 22, 1960. It was a magnitude 9.5. • The deadliest known earthquake happened in China in 1556. It killed about 830,000 people. • Alaska has the record for the largest U.S. earthquake. On March 28, 1964, a magnitude 9.2 quake occurred and killed 131 people. • Most earthquakes happen 50 miles (80 kilometers) or less below the Earth's surface. They can happen as deep as 400 miles (644 kilometers) below the surface. • Southern California has about 10,000 earthquakes a year. Very few are felt. • Alaska averages 24,000 earthquakes a year, the most seismic activity in North America. • Florida and North Dakota have the fewest earthquakes in the U.S. • In 1985, the jolt from an 8.1 magnitude earthquake in Michoacán, Mexico caused water to slosh out of a pool in Tucson, Arizona—1240 miles (2000 kilometers) away! • Most earthquakes and volcanos—80%—happen close to where two plates meet. • Depending on the plate, they move between 0.3 to 5.9 inches a year (1 to 15 centimeters) a year. • Because of moving plates, geologists predict that Los Angeles will meet Alaska ... in 70 million years! (It'll be neighbors with San Francisco in 15 million years.) https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/science/earthquake/
The surface of the earth, called the "crust," is not one solid piece. It's more like a 20 piece puzzle. Each puzzle piece is called a "plate." The plates constantly move. Fortunately for us, they don't move fast. Geologists estimate the fastest plate might shift 6 inches a year (15 centimeters). That's about as fast as your hair grows. Earthquakes happen when a plate scrapes, bumps, or drags along another plate. When does this happen? Constantly. About a half-million quakes rock the Earth every day. That's millions a year. People don't feel most of them because the quake is too small, too far below the surface, or deep in the sea. Some, however, are so powerful they can be felt thousands of miles away. A powerful earthquake can cause landslides, tsunamis, flooding, and other catastrophic events. Most damage and deaths happen in populated areas. That's because the shaking can cause windows to break, structures to collapse, fire, and other dangers. Geologists cannot predict earthquakes. They hope they will in the future through continued research and improved technology.
California Shakes!
California just had its largest earthquake in years. The quake struck on June 5th. The 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck at 8:19 p.m. local time about 125 miles northeast of Los Angeles and was centered 11 miles from Ridgecrest, Califiornia. In the same area of the Mojave Desert a 6.4-magnitude temblor hit just a day earlier.
A photo shows a gaping crack across Trona Rd. near Ridgecrest CA.caused on June 5th.
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