1. Great Earthquakes Richard Vang & Jared Dunn COSMOS 2006: Earthquakes in Action

2. What causes earthquakes? Volcanoes Movement between tectonic plates Asteroids Bombs

3. Top ten largest earthquakes on record LocationYearMagnitude Chile19609.5 Prince William Sounds, Alaska19649.2 Sumatra-Andaman Islands20049.1 Kamchatka19529.0 Off The Coast of Ecuador19068.8 Rat Islands, Alaska19658.7 Lisbon, Portugal17558.7 Northern Sumatra, Indonesia20058.6 Kuril Islands19638.6 Andreanof Islands, Alaska19578.6

4. Chile May 22, 1960 M9.5 Largest earthquake in the world More than 2,000 deaths, 3,000 injures, 2,000,000 homeless, and $550 million of damage Tsunami occur in Hawaii, Japan, Philippines, and west coast of the United States http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/events/1960_05_22.php

5. Prince William Sound, Alaska March 18, 1964 M9.2 125 deaths, $311 million in property damage Landslides, tsunami 5 story JC Penny building

6. Sumatra-Andaman Islands December 26, 2004 M9.1 Tsunami caused 157,577 deaths, 26,763 missing and 1,075,350 relocated in South Asia and East Africa

7. Kamchatka November 4, 1952 M9.0 No lives were lost in Kamchatka Tsunami flooded streets in Midway Islands from the Kamchatka earthquake

8. Off The Coast of Ecuador January 31, 1906 M8.8 Channels of Wailuku and Wailoa Rivers dried up

9. Rat Islands, Alaska February 4, 1965 M8.7 Tsunami about 10.7 meter high

10. Lisbon, Portugal November 1, 1755 M8.7 Fire ravaged the city Czech broadsheet with the inscription “The story of the disastrous earthquake in Lisbon…”

11. Northern Sumatra, Indonesia March 28, 2005 M8.6 Depth of 30km 1000 people killed http://static.flickr.com/6/7700922_1edc94ab6d.jpg?v=0

12. Kuril Islands October 13, 1963 M8.6 Depth of 33km http://www.drgeorgepc.com/tsu94KurilIslands.gif

13. Andreanof Islands, Alaska March 9, 1957 M8.6 18 meter tsunami http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/usa/1957_03_09.html

14. Conclusion Located same type of boundaries (convergent) 8.6 magnitude and above Most occur on the Ring of Fire All generated tsunamis

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