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101 Facts… Earthquakes!
Over 101 amazing facts about this incredible phenomenon.
It contains facts, photos and awesome videos that show us more about how and why earthquakes happen.
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Five Quick Facts:
- The San Andreas Fault in California moves about 2 inches (5 centimeters) a year. At this rate, San Francisco and Los Angeles will be sitting next to each other in about 15 million years.
- Eighty percent of the Earth’s largest earthquakes occur within the boundaries of the “Pacific Ring of Fire” – a horseshoe-shaped region in the Pacific Ocean.
- The ancient Japanese once believed that a giant catfish called Namazu was responsible for earthquakes.
- The first person to invent an earthquake detector was the Chinese astronomer, Zhang Heng. His invention could detect earthquakes more than 370 miles (600 kilometers) away!
- Earthquakes kill an average of 8000 people per year.
Taken from ‘101 Facts… Earthquakes!‘ by IP Factly
A detailed playlist of the videos is listed below.
The Playlist:
- Earthquakes 101 by National Geographic
- Bill Nye the Science Guy – Earthquakes (richter scale)
- CNN Newsroom : Chile earthquake shortens day
- Earthquakes Compilation by Winluckfail Compilations
- Tsunamis Generated by Megathrust Earthquakes by IRIS EPO
- 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Earthquakes by TheWorldIsBiggerThanMe
- The San Andreas Fault and earthquakes by worldethq
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