05/29/2006: Earthquake
Category: General
Posted by: alexenberg
Indonesian girl cries at her mothers funeral, Times of Malta photo
Indonesia quake toll tops 5,000
Aid was trickling in on Monday for survivors of an earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people on Indonesia's Java island and left tens of thousands of homeless foraging for food and shelter.
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Indonesia quake may trigger Merapi eruption
Edward Bryant, a scientist specialising in natural hazards at Australia's University of Wollongong, said the tremor that generated the tsunami, Saturday's quake and increased activity at nearby Mount Merapi are all likely linked.
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How earthquakes happen
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Historic Worldwide Earthquakes (Sorted by Magnitude)
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Valdivia suffered catastrophic damage because of its proximity to the epicenter of the massive quake.
The Largest Earthquake in the World, Magnitude 9.5, Chile, 1960
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Earthquake Facts
The largest recorded earthquake in the world was a magnitude 9.5 (Mw) in Chile on May 22, 1960.
The world's deadliest recorded earthquake occurred in 1556 in central China. It struck a region where most people lived in caves carved from soft rock. These dwellings collapsed
during the earthquake, killing an estimated 830,000 people. In 1976 another deadly earthquake struck in Tangshan, China, where more than 250,000 people were killed.
It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year. 100,000 of those can be felt, and 100 of them cause damage.
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