Quiz On earthquakes – The Hindu

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In late 1811 and early 1812, the New Madrid Earthquakes struck what is today the US state of Missouri, shaking the ground to some degree across a record-setting 3 million sq. km. Native Americans in the area interpreted the magnitude to be an omen to support _______ in his resistance to the US’s expansion. Fill in the blank.

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On November 1, 1755, an earthquake of magnitude 7.7-9 struck X, followed by a tsunami and then a firestorm in the city set off by the quake toppling candles lit for All Saints’ Day. The event was the dawn of modern seismology; it also strengthened the prime minister’s hand against local aristocrats after his competent response to the disaster. Name X.

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When it struck, this earthquake had a magnitude of 9, shifted the earth’s axis of rotation by 10-25 cm, shortened the length of an earth day by 1.8 microseconds, moved a local island eastward by 2.4 m, and generated sound waves detected by a satellite in low-earth orbit. Name the quake.

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Exactly 957 years ago, the first of two devastating earthquakes — the second on May 29 — struck the region today called West Asia. The first quake completely destroyed Aqaba in Jordan while the second left 15,000 people dead in _____. Fill in the blank with the name of a city then in Palestine and today in Israel.

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The world’s second-most powerful earthquake since 1900 occurred in 1964. With a magnitude of 9.2, it reshaped entire sections of the closest coastline, created new land features, and set off underwater landslides. Where did it strike?

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The 1976 X earthquake left more than 2.4 lakh people dead. The toll revealed Chinese scientists’ prediction of the nearby Y quake in 1975, which China had hailed as evidence of the “superiority” of socialism, to have been a fluke. Name X and Y.