EARTH SCIENCE
EARTHQUAKES
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Billions of dollars of insured losses, people being injured or killed and buildings, homes, shops and landscapes can be destroyed
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Fires being created due to the earthquake
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All the above
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No Major effects
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Detailed explanation-1: -There are approximately 4, 000 earthquakes across Canada each year. Earthquakes can damage infrastructure, destroy buildings, cause power outages, displace communities, and even lead to fatalities.
Detailed explanation-2: -Earthquakes can result in the ground shaking, soil liquefaction, landslides, fissures, avalanches, fires and tsunamis.
Detailed explanation-3: -In Canada, the coast of British Columbia is the region most at risk from a major earthquake.
Detailed explanation-4: -Baffin. Bay. Grand. Banks. Charlevoix. Pacific. Ocean. Japan. Hawaii. North. Cascadia Subduction Zone, off British Columbia. January 26, 1700 – estimated M9. Offshore Haida Gwaii, British Columbia. August 22, 1949 – M8.1; June 24, 1970 – M7.4; and May 26, 1929 – M7.0. Canada’s Ten Largest Earthquakes. earthquakeinfonrcan.gc.ca. More items