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Most earthquake-related deaths are caused by the collapse of structures and the construction practices play a tremendous role in the death toll of an earthquake. In southern Italy in 1909 more than 100,000 people perished in an earthquake that struck the region.

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1: Shensi, China, Jan. 23, 1556

2: Tangshan, China, July 27, 1976

3: Aleppo, Syria, Aug. 9, 1138

4: Sumatra, Indonesia, Dec. 26, 2004

5: Haiti, Jan 12, 2010

6: Damghan, Iran, Dec. 22, 856

7: Haiyuan, Ningxia , China, Dec. 16, 1920

8: Ardabil, Iran, March. 23, 893

9: Kanto, Japan, Sept. 1, 1923

10: Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Oct. 5, 1948

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Faults- a place where sections of the earth move close together.

Seismic Waves- One of the two main types of elastic body waves, it gives them there name because they move through the body of a wave, unlike a surface wave

Lithosphere- is the rigid outer layer of the earth, which is made up of the crust and upper mantle

Tectonic Plate- is the two sub layers of the earth's crust that will move, float, and occasionally fracture the infracture of the continental drift

Subduction zone- where to lithospheric plates come together, and one rides over the other

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The 1906 Francisco earthquake killed 3,000 people.

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An earthquake can last 10 to 30

seconds.

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Earthquakes occur because the sudden release of energy causes the seismic waves that make the ground shake.

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Faults

Seismic waves

Lithosphere

Tectonic Plate

Subduction zone

Faults

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The thick part of earths crust that forms large land masses. It is more complex then the oceanic crust.

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The oceanic crust is young compared to the continental crust and is consisted of basaltic rock.

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The thin part of earths crust that underlies the ocean basins.

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The earth has two types of crust; continental crust and the oceanic crust.

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Shaanxi Earthquake of 1556, This was the deadliest quake ever recorded. It claimed the lives of about 830,000 people. At that time, most inhabitants in the affected areas were living in Yaodongs or artificial caves. They were buried alive when the huge tremors caused the cliffs in which these caves were located in, to collapse.