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Earthquakes Quiz
This quiz tests your knowledge of Earthquakes
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1. Earthquakes, also called temblors, can be so tremendously destructive, it’s hard to imagine they occur by the thousands-
every second
every time it rains
every day
2. Some 80 percent of all the planet's earthquakes occur along the rim of the-
the Amazon River Basin
Pacific Ocean
East Coast of Africa
3. Scientists assign a magnitude rating to earthquakes based on the strength and duration of their-
strategic alignment
seismic waves
capatalistic tendencies
4. A quake measuring 3 to 5 is considered-
bigger than china
gigantic
minor or light
5. On average, a magnitude 8 quake strikes somewhere every-
year
decade
century
6. The largest recorded earthquake in the United States was a magnitude-
27
11.7
9.2
7. The largest recorded earthquake in the world was a magnitude 9.5 in Chile on May 22,-
1982
1994
1960
8. The earthquake that hit Hati Tuesday, January 12, 2010 was a magnitude-
5.3
9.9
7.0
9. The earthquake that hit Chile February 27, 2010 was a magnitude-
5.9
7.3
8.8
10. Moonquakes (“earthquakes” on the moon)-
do not occur
do occur
are caused by flooding
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