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Earthquakes

by rileysea

Is a easy quiz on earthquakes, what do you know about them?

Question 1:

Which country experienced the largest earthquake of the twentieth century?

Question 2:

Where is the safest place to be during an earthquake if you are indoors?

Question 3:

Where do most earthquakes occur?

Question 4:

Where was the first seismograph accurate enough for scientific study made?

Question 5:

Which two waves are used to locate an earthquake?

Question 6:

Where did the deadliest ever recorded earthquake occur?

Question 7:

How many small earthquakes occur each year?

Question 8:

In what year did the Great San Francisco earthquake occur?

Question 9:

An earthquake of magnitude 7.0 on the Richter scale releases how many times as much energy as an earthquake of magnitude 6.0?

Question 10:

How fast do tectonic plates move?