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Earthquakes in the past
Earthquakes are as old as time. Hundreds of [|earthquakes] (2happen each year. The smallest earthquake ever recorded was Magnitude 0.1. The [|biggest earthquake] that has ever been recorded is Magnitude 9.5 (2, and this earthquake was located in [|Chile] in 1960.(4 There are other really big earthquakes such as the second biggest earthquake which was located right here in the United States, and it was in 1964 [|Alaska] had a quake with the magnitude of 9.2.There are many more such as the one in [|Japan with Magnitude 9.0]

Retrieved from [|usgs.gov](2

Earthquake in Chile
Chile is a place with many earthquakes. Chile is also known for the place with the largest earthquake on this planet. About 51 years ago in [|1960 Chile] suffered a terrible earthquake with a 9.5 Magnitude(2. This earthquake killed 1,655 peole injured 3,000 and with over 2,000,000 homeless. This is very lucky because other earthquakes have over 850,000 people dead. This earthquake was mainly in [|Southern Chile](3. Chile is still recovering of their earthquakes it is hard to survive because all of the earthquakes that happen each year. The most recent earthquakes that we know of was is 2010. Retrieved from [|National Geographic](1

America's biggest earthquake
In the year 1864 there was a massive earthquake that struck the united states. In [|Alaska] Magnitude 9.2(2. This is the second biggest earthquake in the whole world, and the first biggest earthquake in the United States. This earthquake killed only 15 people but the Tsunami killed 113 people. This earthquake was located in [|Prince William Sound Alaska](4. And caused over 3,000,00 dollars in damage. This is very hard to recover from as we all know. If you would like to know more please go to Connor Carrick

The Third largest earthquake

 * In** [|Sumatra, Idonesia] **there was a massive quake with a 9.1 magnitude. This was a very powerful quake it was the powerful enough that it became the third biggest earthquake in the world. On December 26, 2004 at 7:59 Sumatra was hit with a earthquake. This earthquake caused about 228,00 deaths and over 1 million people with there houses and there career lost. This is a place that has allot of earthquakes. I may know more about this subject, but search if you would like to know more:)**

**The most recent earthquake was in Fukishima,Honshu,Japan**

 * This was the most recent earthquake in the world and set a record for the worlds 5th biggest earthquake in the world.** On March 11 2011 japan was hit with the fifth biggest quake. This quake was very big to reach a magnitude of 8.9 this earthquake set off a Tsunami that killed thousands of people. The Tsunami was very dangerous. Japan is still experiencing some aftershock. If you would like to know more about Japan and the earthquake and Tsunami please go to 1011 The 2011 Earthquake in Japan. My fellow student Nate Trout will teach you all about the earthquake in Japan.

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1. "Natural disasters--Earthquake pictures, wallpaper, downloads." //photo gallery:erathquakes//. National Geographic, 2011. Web. 12 Apr. 2011 2."Earthquakes." //Earthquakes//. USGS.gov, 24 Aug. 2010. Web. 12 Apr. 2011 3."CHILE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI OF 22 MAY 1960." //Earthquake and Tsunami of 22 May 1960 in Chile//. drgeorgepc.com, 27 Feb. 2010. Web. 12 Apr. 2011 4."1960 Valdivia earthquake." //1960 Valdivia earthquake-wikipedia, the free encyclopedia//. wikipedia.org, 10 Apr. 2011. Web. 13 Apr. 2011. 5.