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Nat Dis Quiz 5

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It is certain that many more people would die if this earthquake or series of earthquakes were to happen again, today… New Madrid, Missouri (1811-1812)
Which of the following notable earthquakes is the most recent major earthquake to happen near San Francisco, California? Loma Prieta (1989)
Which of the following notable earthquakes happened at a dip-slip fault along what is otherwise a strike-slip fault system? Northridge (1904)
The survivors of this earthquake or series of earthquakes referred to it as “the fire”, rather than as “the earthquake”. San Francisco, California (1906)
This notable earthquake or series of earthquakes was the occasion of the first worldwide relief effort to look for survivors in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake. Mexico City, Mexico (1986)
A landslide triggered by this notable earthquake or series of earthquakes was the main cause of the loss of thousands of lives. Yungay, Peru (1970)
The Loma Prieta (1989) earthquake and the Soviet Armenia (1988) earthquake were of nearly the same magnitrude, and happened in areas with equally large population densities. Why did so many more people die in the Soviet Armenian earthquake? Building codes to resist earthquakes existed in Soviet Armenia, but were not implemented and enforced by government officials
In the Chi-Chi, Taiwan, earthquake of 1999, the Taiwanese government accused which country of interfering with international relief efforts after the earthquake? The People’s Republic of China
This notable earthquake or earthquakes happened far from a currently recognized plate tectonic boundary, and possibly occurred over a failed rift or divergent boundary. New Madrid, Missouri (1811-1812)
In addition to the earthquake hazards common in great earthquakes, this notable earthquake also featured the release of toxic materials in the aftermath of the earthquake. Sendai (2011)
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