Long+Beach,+California+Earthquake

=Long Beach, California Earthquake: March 11, 1933= Directions: Answer the following questions using complete sentences.

1. Which areas of the world are more vulnerable to earthquakes and why?

2. What are the major problems dealing with earthquakes in the different areas?

3. Is there a successful way to measure earthquakes? Explain.

4. What causes earthquakes to occur?

5. What is your earthquake? Where is it found (Ex: northern China)?

6. How long did the earthquake last?

7. What was the earthquake’s magnitude on the Richter scale?

8. What was the area like? (city, farmland, industrial, . . )

9. How large was the population of people living in the area at the time of the earthquake?

10. What tectonic plate(s) were involved in this earthquake? (Use p664)

11. How many people were killed? Injured? Missing?

12. What is the estimated cost in damage?

13. What were the effects on the nearby community? Property damage?

14. Have other earthquakes occurred at this location?

15. Other interesting information I found:

16. What is the most effective way to prepare for an earthquake? Where is the safest place to be inside your house? Where is the safest place to be outside?

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