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1) The document provides 10 interesting facts about earthquakes, including details on the largest recorded quakes, what defines an epicenter and hypocenter, earthquake magnitudes, and rates of movement along the San Andreas Fault. 2) It examines the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the most powerful ever at magnitude 9.5, describing its effects and providing a map and footage of the resulting tsunami. 3) The document outlines different types of fault boundaries like divergent and thrust faults, and assigns homework for students to make a collage about earthquakes.
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- 1. Earthquake's By:Jeff Fillman and Biz Van Tiflin
- 6. San Andreas Fault Line The San Andreas Fault is the sliding boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. It slices California in two from Cape Mendocino to the Mexican border. San Diego, Los Angeles and Big Sur are on the Pacific Plate. San Francisco, Sacramento and the Sierra Nevada are on the North American Plate http://geology.com/articles/images/san-andreas-fault-map.jpg
- 9. 10 Most Destructive Earthquakes Location Date Magnitude Chile May 22, 1960 9.5 Prince William Sound, Alaska March 28, 1964 9.2 Andréa of Islands, Aleutian Islands March 9, 1957 9.1 Kamchatka Nov. 4, 1952 9.0 Off western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia Dec. 26, 2004 9.0 Off the coast of Ecuador Jan. 31, 1906 8.8 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands Feb. 4, 1965 8.7 Northern Sumatra, Indonesia March 28, 2005 8.7 India-China border Aug. 15, 1950 8.6 Kamchatka Feb. 3, 1923 8.5
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