EARTH SCIENCE
VOLCANOES
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Question
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a population living near an active fault zone
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a population living on an island
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a population living at a high elevation in the mountains
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a population living in a tropical climate
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Detailed explanation-1: -The most deadly earthquake in history was in Shaanxi, China in 1556. It’s estimated to have killed 830, 000 people. This is more than twice that of the second most fatal: the recent Port-au-Prince earthquake in Haiti in 2010. It’s reported that 316, 000 people died as a result.
Detailed explanation-2: -The world’s greatest earthquake belt, the circum-Pacific seismic belt, is found along the rim of the Pacific Ocean, where about 81 percent of our planet’s largest earthquakes occur. It has earned the nickname “Ring of Fire".
Detailed explanation-3: -The first main earthquake hazard (danger) is the effect of ground shaking. Buildings can be damaged by the shaking itself or by the ground beneath them settling to a different level than it was before the earthquake (subsidence).
Detailed explanation-4: -Valdivia, Chile 22 May 1960 (magnitude 9.5) Prince William Sound, Alaska 28 March 1964 (magnitude 9.2) Sumatra, Indonesia 26 December 2004 (magnitude 9.1) Sendai, Japan 11 March 2011 (magnitude 9.0) Kamchatka, Russia 4 November 1952 (magnitude 9.0) More items