Dynamic Planet B/C

[smarticle13]

was the 9.5 earthquake in china

The 9.5 earthquake was the one in Chile in 1960.


Check out this list of the largest earthquakes by magnitude.

thats the one i was talking about

the chile earthquake was much larger than the haiti earthquake...right?

[hanajitenshi]

hatiti's was only 7.0 not even in the same league of destruction as the 9.5 in chile in 1960

[smarticle13]

in what parts of chile did the earthquake hit?
west right?

[hanajitenshi]

it was known as the valdivia earthquake it happened on may 22 1960 and had a magnitude of 9.5 and almost destroyed the entire area of the chile for more information ill post a wiki page

[hanajitenshi]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Valdivia_earthquake
theres the page on wikipedia >----------^-------------------^

[smarticle13]

has anybody ever witnesses a large earthquake?

[kp9ssa]

hatiti's was only 7.0 not even in the same league of destruction as the 9.5 in chile in 1960

but more people died in haiti becuase of the poor infrastructure

[soobsession]

hatiti's was only 7.0 not even in the same league of destruction as the 9.5 in chile in 1960

but more people died in haiti becuase of the poor infrastructure

Correct. This is basically what was provided for us at the state test.

Chile Shakemap


Haiti Shakemap


We were asked to describe the differences between the Haiti and Chilean earathquakes based on mechanisms and damage.

[smarticle13]

there was a 6.2 earthquake yesterday in chile

[kp9ssa]

how are all these earthquakes occuring in such a short amount of time