2006-08-29 14:19:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
it was the 1 in california where like 3500 ppl were killed
2006-08-29 14:24:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The largest recorded earthquake in the United States was a magnitude 9.2 that struck Prince William Sound, Alaska on Good Friday, March 28, 1964 UTC.
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.
2006-08-29 14:25:56 · answer #2 · answered by misen55 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The October 8, 2005 earthquake in Pakistan killed around 100,000 people.
The earthquake that triggered the tsunami in December 2004 killed more than 250,000 people.
2006-08-29 14:40:45 · answer #3 · answered by SPLATT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Worst as in strongest or most deadly to humans? Strongest would be the 1963 Alaskan Valdez earthquake that crippled Fairbanks, etc.
2006-08-29 14:25:48 · answer #4 · answered by 345Grasshopper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are different ways to measure the "severity" of earthquakes. The answer depends on your meaning of worst.
Try looking @
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/top10.php
2006-08-29 14:25:53 · answer #5 · answered by Jazmanana 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
China, 1556
Earthquake in Shansi, China kills about 830,000
2006-08-29 14:26:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋