Earthquake Links & Websites
Earthquakes are easily the single most destructive force in nature. Without warning they strike, easily toppling buildings and destroying homes, lives and cities. The Earth has a series of plates, and the plates shift and create friction between each other, when they push each other, the ground moves, and all the buildings, powerlines and everything else underneath it moves to. The Richter Scale is a measurement to scale the severity of each earthquake. A small, mild earthquake is 3 on the Richter Scale (like the vibration of a large truck passing), a earthquake of 6 or higher can be devastating. The earthquake in Istanbul, Turkey recently measured 7.8, and killed thousands and injured tens of thousands more. Sometime more deadly than the earthquakes, are the after shocks... the 'ripple' effect like throwing a pebble in the water -- there can be as many as 100 of these after the initial earthquake which can be just as damaging.
Some of the most destructive earthquakes in world history have been:
May 8, 1902 Martinique (Volcanic Eruption) - 40,000 killed
August 16, 1906 Valpariaso, Chile - 20,000 killed
December 28, 1908 Messina, Italy - 83-85,000
January. 13, 1915 Avezzano, Italy - 30-39,000
December 16, 1920 Gansu, China - 250,000
September. 1, 1923 Tokyo, Japan - 100-200,000
May 22, 1927 Nan-Shan, China - 200,000
December. 26, 1932 Gansu, China - 70,000
January. 15, 1934 Bihar, India - 11,000
May 31, 1935 Quetta, India - 30-50,000
January. 24, 1939 Chillan, Chile - 28-30,000
December. 26, 1939 Erzincan, Turkey - 30,000
August. 15, 1950 Assam, India - 30,000
February. 29, 1960 Agadir, Morocco - 10-20,000
September. 1, 1962 Northwest Iran - 12,000
August. 31, 1968 Northeast Iran - 12,000
January. 5, 1970 Yunnan, China - 10,000
May 31, 1970 Northwest Peru - 50-67,000
February 4, 1976 Guatemala - 23,000
July 28, 1976 Tangshan, China- 300-800,000
September. 16, 1978 Tabas, Northeast Iran - 25,000
September. 19, 1985 Mexico - 5-25,000
Novemver. 14, 1985 Colombia (Volcanic Eruption) - 25,000
December. 7, 1988 Armenia - 25-55,000
June 21, 1990 Northwest Iran - 35-50,000
September 29, 1993 Maharashtra, India - 10,000
August 17, 1999 Istanbul, Turkey - 4,000
Emergency Resources
USGS National Earthquake Information Center: World Information wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov
FEMA
TIGERX
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