Dear insansapinas,
The earthquake in Japan which happened in March 11 was not the strongest but had a greater impact than that of Chile's earthquake with a magnitude of 9.5 in 1960 and Indonesia's 9.1 in 2004. Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said according to preliminary results of a study it conducted that Friday's 8.9-magnitude quake shifted the Earth on its rotation axis by nearly 10 centimetres.
When I was a kid and babysat by my grandparents together with their old friends, I overheard them
talked about the prophecy that the end of the world is near when an earthquake that
measures more than 8 in the richter scale strikes.
These stats have proven them wrong.
The magnitude of an earthquake is described in
intensity.
8 or higher= Great
7-7.9= Major
6-6.9=Strong
5-5.9=Moderate
4-4.9=light
3-3.9=minor
3-2.9=very minor
Chile may have recorded the strongest earthquake at 9.5 in 1960 where 5,000 lives were lost but China suffered the highest number of casualties since the year 1290. An earthquake in 1556 claimed 830,000 while the latest in 1976 killed 255,000 people.
This is also the country that has the most number of strong earthquakes closely followed by Iran.
Below are the countries with devastating earthquakes up to the last earthquake on Dec. 26, 2004 in
Aceh, Indonesia.
Aceh, Indonesia.
China
1556 Shansi 830,000 n/a
1920 Gansu 200,000 8.6
1927 near Xining 200,000 8.3
1976 Tangshan 255,000 8.0
Iran
c.893 Iran, Ardabil 150,000 n/a
c.856 Iran, Damghan 200,000 n/a
1727 Iran, Tabriz 77,000 n/a
Alaska
1957 Andreanof Islands no record 9.1
1964 Yukon Territory and British Columbia,
125 9.2
125 9.2
1965 Shemya Island no report 8.7
Italy
1693 Italy, Sicily 60,000 n/a
1783 Italy, Calabria 50,000 n/a
Japan
1923 Japan, Kwanto 143,000 * n/a
1667 Azerbaijan, Shemakha 80,000 n/a
Russia
1923 (Russia) ? Kamchatka no lives were lost 8.5.
1952 no lives were lost 9.1
Indonesia ?
1938 Banda Sea no report of casualties 8.5
2004 (Indonesia) -Aceh province 44,000 9.0
Portugal ?
1755 Portugal, Lisbon 70,000 8.5
Chile
1960= Santiago and Concepcion, 5,000 9.5
India
(Tibet/India) ?
1950 Brahmaputra Basin in northeast India. 1,500 people were killed. 8.6
Ecuador ?
1906 Ecuador and Colombia, 1,000. 8.8
Since wala pang Google, Twitter, Facebook at wikipedia, wala tayong means para masabing accurate nga ang information para sa mga nakaraang mga centuries.
Pinaysaamerika
1 comment:
mam,sa totoo lang, isang video lang ang nakita ko e ayoko ng manood pa ng balita at videos na tungkol sa incident,katakot,makita mo kung gao parang papel lang yung mga yate na inihahampas tas my mga umaapoy pa at kung gano kalayo yung inabot, kitang kita yung galit ng inang kalikasan na walang magagawa ang kahit na sino,kahit gano ka kayaman walang magagawa ang yaman ko sa kapangyarihan ng nasa itaas,nakakakilabot lang panoorin,dyan ipinapakita sa mga walang paniniwala kung gano sya ka kapangyarihan at walang sinumang makakapigil pag ginawa na nya yung sinabi nyang mga palatandaan(ehem,emote emote,feeling pari na nagmimisa lang ako ehehe).
~lee
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