Earthquakes

Recent Earthquakes in California/Nevada

1. Within the last week, which is the closest city to the largest earthquake in the California/Nevada area?
   
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2. If it had occurred on the east coast of the United States, how far would the largest earthquake in history have stretched?
3. Which earthquake in the 7.0 range is said to have formed a geyser 25 feet high?
4. The three men who invented the first seismograph were of which nationality?
   
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5. What are four other names for earthquakes?
   
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6. What type of boundaries usually cause shallow earthquakes?
7. Where the Arabian Plate meets the Iranian plate, what mountains are being formed?
   
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8. How big and where is the latest worldwide earthquake?
   
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9. What is the difference and similarity of a focus and epicenter?
10. Name and describe the three different seismic waves.
11. How much stronger is a size 4 than a size 2 quake measured on the Richter scale?
12. What was special about the earthquake which occured on Dec. 16th 1811?