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st. Augustine FL. is where I would want to live. it is a beautiful

place and its very historical.

the last earthquake was in 1879, and it was the

Largest Earthquake in Florida. they don't usually

have earthquakes there but the magnitude is 5.1. florida dose not have many falts but that's whyb they don't have many earthquakes.

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Magnitude | 7.0

Date-Time

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 21:53:10 UTC

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 04:53:10 PM  at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location | 18.443°N,  72.571°W
Depth | 13 km (8.1 miles) set by location program
Region | HAITI REGION

Distances

25 km (15 miles) WSW of PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti
130 km (80 miles) E of Les Cayes, Haiti
150 km (95 miles) S of Cap-Haitien, Haiti
1125 km (700 miles) SE of Miami, Florida

Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 3.4 km (2.1 miles); depth fixed by location program

Parameters

NST=312, Nph=312, Dmin=143.7 km, Rmss=0.93 sec, Gp= 25°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9

Source

USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID | us2010rja6

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https://www.youtube.com/watchv=jOQbFnwT_78&feature=player_embedded

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hlePrsXTGxQ

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the waves travel at right angles to the direction of travel. They are also known as transverse waves and example include water waves.

With this in mind, you will notice that if you are close to the point where an earthquake struck, you will feel both P and S waves close within the same time frame. If you are further away, you will feel the P-wave first and then the S-wave a bit later.

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P-waves are longitudinal in nature. The vibrations are along the same direction as the direction of travel. It is also known as compressional waves. P-waves travel faster than S-waves.

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Unlike divergent and convergent, the plates here slip by each other. This is also called Strike-Slip.

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plates are forced apart each other, usually forming a Rift Zone. This kind is common in ocean floors where new floors are created. An example is the Mid Atlantic Ridge.

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one plate is forced over another plate during movement creating a thrust fault.

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The Five Strongest Earthquakes Since 1900 d, e

Place | Year | Strength (MMS)
Valdivia, Chile | 1960 | 9.5
Prince William Sound, Alaska | 1964 | 9.2
Sumatra, Indonesia | 2004 | 9.1
Sendai, Japan | 2011 | 9.0
Kamchatka, Russia | 1952 | 9.0

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The Top Five Deadliest Earthquakes in History c

Place | Year | Casualties
SW Syria | 1201 | 1,100,000
Tangsha, China | 1978 | 655,237
Ganja, Azerbaijan | 1139 | 300,000
China | 1662 | 300,000

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The worlds deadliest 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.

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the largest earthquake in the united states was at

Prince William Sound, Alaska on Good Friday, March 28, 1964 UTC.

its magnitude was 9.2.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=45NB35w3Jw8

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The epicenter or epicenter is the point on the Earth 's

surface that is directly above the hypocenter or focus,

the point where an earthquake or underground

explosion originates.

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Plate tectonics is the theory that the outer layer of the earth

(the lithosphere) is divided into "plates" that move

around across the earth's surface relative to each other.

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The earthquake measured 7.0 magnitude on

the Richter scale and more than 230,000 people were killed.

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waves that move along Earth's surface and cause the most damage

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when two plates move side by side in different directions

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The sliding motion between objects that are in contact

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crack along the earth which movement takes place

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a sudden and violent shaking of the ground,

sometimes causing great destruction,

as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.