2007-01-22 05:21:20 · 3 answers · asked by Josh 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
It needs to be recent and in North America. I some of the data in relation to the Richter scale and the measurements of it ML=log(base10)(A/T) and what it all means...
2007-01-22 22:55:36 · update #1
The Great Hanshin earthquake in Kobe, Japan happened in 1995 and measured 6.9 on the Richter Scale if that is of any use to you
2007-01-22 10:04:25 · answer #1 · answered by Pole Kitten 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an earthquake is when the crust of the earth moves along a fissure or fault line. our world is made up of many plates of the earth's crust and some times those plates get stuck and an earthquake happened. the measurement of an earth quake is an instrument called the ricker scale which measure the length and where it started.
2007-01-22 05:57:59 · answer #2 · answered by wolf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check this one out that occurred in Chile in 1960:
2007-01-22 05:48:13 · answer #3 · answered by wheresdean 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋