Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Destruction!

What are potentially more dangerous to people: volcanoes or earthquakes? Why?
  • Earthquakes are more dangerous to people due to its shaking of the ground which causes major destruction.




Location -Chile

Date-May 29,1960

This earthquake was a magnitude of 9.5 and killed 32,290 people. The coast of repairs was 500 million dollars.





Location-Anchorage

Date-March 28,1964

This earthquake had a magnitude of 9.2 which killed 131 people. The coast of repairs for this earthquake was 500 million dollars.





Location-Tokyo

Date-September 1,1923

This earthquake had a magnitude of 8.3 and it also killed over 140,000 people.









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