The earthquakes are so powerful they break up the ground. Here are some effects that happen.

The shaking of the earth moves buildings and structures then they could fall on people and kill them. In San Francisco there was an earthquake in 1906 and 700 people died.

Another effect by earthquake is the property in places that usually have earthquakes know what to do when a building is falling down



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- almost 80 percent of all the planet's earthquakes occur

• Almost 80 percent of all the planet's earthquakes occur along the rim of the Pacific Ocean, a region that encircles the Pacific Ocean called the ring of fire.

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• The largest earthquakes in the United States struck Prince William Sound,Alaska on March 28,1964.

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• An average of earthquakes takes about 1-2 minutes.

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• Parkfield,California is the caped the home of earthquakes.

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• In 2004 the longest earthquake lasted 10 minutes thats a record.

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• An earthquake can release more energy than a nuclear Bomb on Hiroshima,Japan 194.