The 10 most powerful earthquakes that struck the world since 1950, one of which reached 9.5 on the Richter scale!

Written By غالب أبوبكر on 2021/08/07

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><strong>Arab Weather -</strong> <strong>Earthquake</strong> is a destructive natural phenomenon, which lies in a rapid ground vibration followed by <strong>seismic</strong> waves, and the reason for this phenomenon is due to the movement of the so-called ground tectonic plates, which leads to the breaking of ground rocks and the occurrence of vibration waves whose impact on the surface of the earth is sometimes disastrous.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Humans measure the strength of earthquakes using several scales, perhaps the most prominent of which is the <strong>Richter scale</strong> <strong>, which ranks earthquakes</strong> from 1 to 10 according to the strength, with 10 being the strongest.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Predicting <strong>earthquakes</strong> is done on 3 levels, the first is where the <strong>earthquakes are</strong> located, by defining the areas of <strong>permanent seismic</strong> activity, the second level is the force with which the <strong>earthquakes</strong> occur, and the third is the timing of the <strong>earthquake,</strong> which is currently impossible and there is no way for us to know that.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:#FF0000;"><strong>The 10 most powerful earthquakes that have hit the Earth since 1950, according to the Richter Scale:</strong></span></h3><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Earthquake</strong> Chile <strong>(magnitude 9.5)</strong> occurred this earthquake Atarej <strong>22.05.1960,</strong> the strongest recorded earthquake in the history of mankind, caused the <strong>earthquake</strong> and tsunami waves have affected both the United States, Japan and the Philippines has resulted in the <strong>earthquake</strong> and tsunami killed nearly <strong>6,000</strong> people. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/uploads-2020/%D8%B2%D9%84%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A.jpg" style="width: 678px; height: 381px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Alaska <strong>earthquake</strong> <strong>(magnitude 9.2</strong> ): It occurred on March <strong>28</strong> , 1964. This earthquake caused a tsunami that caused material losses of 311 million dollars, and killed 143 people. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/uploads-2020/Anchorage-earthquake-Alaska-1964.jpg" style="width: 690px; height: 388px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Sumatra earthquake - Indonesia ( <strong>magnitude 9.1</strong> ): occurred on <strong>12-26-2004</strong> . This great earthquake caused huge tsunami waves that affected several countries and killed more than a quarter of a million people. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/uploads-2020/20196311181681WJ.jpg" style="width: 750px; height: 425px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Honshu earthquake - Japan <strong>(magnitude 9.0):</strong> On <strong>03/11/2011,</strong> one of the most seismic impact in history, which caused this <strong>earthquake</strong> , which lasted for 6 minutes massive tsunami, caused material losses worth billions more than 18 thousand people killed. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/uploads-2020/japan-earthquake-tsunami-2011-4.jpg" style="width: 800px; height: 450px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><ul style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Kamachka earthquake - Russia ( <strong>magnitude 9.0</strong> ): on <strong>4/11/1952</strong> and caused material losses estimated at one million dollars, but without causing casualties.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Chile earthquake ( <strong>magnitude 8.8</strong> ): on <strong>February 27</strong> , 2010, killing 525 people and destroying hundreds of buildings.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> An earthquake in the coast of Ecuador ( <strong>magnitude 8.8</strong> ): on 01/31/1906 and caused the death of approximately 1,000 people.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Rat Island earthquake - Alaska ( <strong>magnitude 8.7</strong> ): <strong>On February 4</strong> , 1965, this large earthquake caused a tsunami, but without significant losses due to the scarcity of population and cities.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Sumatra earthquake - Indonesia ( <strong>magnitude 8.6</strong> ): This earthquake occurred on <strong>March 28, 2005</strong> and killed <strong>1,346</strong> people.</li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Assam earthquake in Tibet between India and China <strong>(magnitude 8.6):</strong> This earthquake occurred on <strong>8/15/1950,</strong> and caused the deaths of <strong>30 000</strong> people, destroying thousands of homes, temples and mosques.</li></ul>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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