tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53370688227487953962023-06-20T21:56:52.925-07:00Earthquakesvedavyashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013696574012778960noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337068822748795396.post-75099396756138796812011-09-01T07:14:00.000-07:002011-09-01T07:14:40.567-07:00<br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 18px;">An
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">An <strong style="padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 2px !important; padding-right: 2px !important; padding-top: 0px !important;">earthquake</strong>, the result of a sudden release of energy in </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>Shanshi </b>1556 <b> </b>highest know death toll - 830000 people died. china has </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b style="line-height: 18px;">Lisbon </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">1755</span><b style="line-height: 18px;"> </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> Worst in Europe - 8.7 on Richter scale. 70000 people died </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Portugal and the entire city was destroyed. Tremors were felt in North </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b style="line-height: 18px;"> </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> Africa, England and Luxembourg.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>Yakatut bay </b>1899 Greatest recorded vertical movement - the coast rose in </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> Alaska places by 14.5m (47 ft).</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>Alaska </b>1964<b> </b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Longest recorded - 4minutes (Lisbon in 1755 was a 10-<b> </b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b> </b>minute series of shocks).</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>Tangshan </b>1976 Deadliest in the 20th century - 8.0 on the Richter scale.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">China 655000 people died.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>Kobe</b> 1995 Worst damage financially - over US$ 147 billion of damage.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>Poseidon</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> , also god of sea. His roman counterpart was </span></span><br />
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