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Historic Earthquakes

Historic Earthquakes

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Historic Earthquakes

Historic Earthquakes

Rank Date Location Magnitude

1 22 – 05 – 1960 Valdivia, Chile 9.5

2 26 – 12 – 2004 Off west coast northern Sumatra, Indonesia 9.3

3 16 – 10 – 1737 Kamchatka, Russia ~9.3

3 27 – 03 – 1964 Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA 9.2

5 04 – 11 – 1952 Kamchatka, Russia 9.0

6 26 – 01 – 1700 Cascadia subduction zone ~9

7 31 – 01 – 1906 Colombia-Ecuador 8.8

8 04 – 02 – 1965 Rat Islands, Alaska, USA 8.7

8 25 – 11 – 1833 Sumatra, Indonesia 8.7

10 01 – 11 – 1755 Lisbon, Portugal ~8.7

Largest earthquake by magnitude

Historic Earthquakes

Deadliest earthquake on recordRank Date   Location   Fatalities   Magnitude

1 23 – 01 – 1556 Shaanxi, China 830,000 8.0

2 27 – 07 – 1976 Tangshan, China 255,000 (official) 7.5

3 26 – 12 – 2004Off West coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia

~230,210 dead and missing

9.3

4 09 – 08 – 1338 Aleppo, Syria 230,000 8.5

5 22 – 12 – 0856 Damghan, Iran 200,000

6 16 – 12 – 1920 Ningxia-Gansu, China 200,000 8.6

7 23 – 03 – 893+ Ardabil, Iran 150,000

8 01 – 09 – 1923 Kantō, Japan 143,000 7.9

9 06 – 10 – 1948 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 110,000 7.3

10 08 – 10 – 2005 India & N.W.F.P, Pakistan

100,000 (estimated), 80,000 (official)

7.6 or 7.8

Historic Earthquakes

Online Information Resources• The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake (Video)

Historic Earthquakes

Online Information Resources• The memory of Tangshan Earthquake – 1976

(Mandarin Video)

Historic Earthquakes

Online Information Resources• The great 1995 Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake

(Japanese Video)

Historic Earthquakes

Online Information Resources• 2004 Sumatra Earthquake (Video)

Historic Earthquakes

Online Information Resources• Earthquake in Peru 2007 (Video)

Historic Earthquakes

Online Information Resources• Historic Worldwide Earthquakes

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/historical.phpHistoric Earthquakeshttp://geology.about.com/od/historicearthquakes/Historic_Earthquakes.htm

• 12 of the most destructive earthquakeshttp://www.howstuffworks.com/12-of-the-most-destructive-earthquakes.htm

• Images of Historic Earthquakeshttp://nisee.berkeley.edu/elibrary/browse/kozak?eq=5234

Historic Earthquakes

Task One• Summarize and express your feelings about our

world’s historic earthquakes on forum.

Historic Earthquakes

Task Two• Study the readings and other resources you may have

found about the two major earthquakes of China and Japan in 2008.

• Give a brief group presentation (not more than 5 minutes) in the next section.

• The focus of each group is listed as follows:

FocusGroup

Sichuan – China Iwate – Japan

Magnitude & Aftershocks 1 2

Tectonics 3 4

Immediate Aftermath 5 6

Casualties 7 8

Damages 9 10

Historic Earthquakes

Online Information Resources• Earthquake in Sichuan Province (Interactive

Map)• http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/05/12/world/05132008_CH

INA_MAP.html#

• Earthquake in China – Sichuan Province• http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/earthquakes/

sichuan_province_china/index.html

• China Earthquake• http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/chinaearthquake

• Quick Report for 2008 Sichuan Earthquake• http://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/topics/china2008/index_eng.html

Historic Earthquakes

Online Information Resources• Japan Earthquake June 14 2008• http://www.mahalo.com/

Japan_Earthquake_June_14_2008

• Quick report for 2008 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake

• http://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/topics/Iwate2008/index_eng.html