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Earthquake Facts
  The most deadliest earthquake happened on Jan. 23, 1556 in Shansi, China with an estiment of about 830,000 deaths.  
  The largest earthquake the U.S. was a 9.2 on March 28,1964 in Prince William Sound, Alaska.  
  The larges earthquake ever  was on May 22,1960 in Chile at 9.5.  
  In 1769 was when the earliest reported earthquake in California  was felt.  
  It is estimated that there are 500,000 earthquakes that are detected in the world each year.  
  100,000 earthquakes can be felt each year.  
  100 earthquakes cause damage each year.  
  The southern California area has around 10,000 earthquakes each year.        
  Most earthquakes occur at depths of 50 miles from the earths surface.  
  North Dakota and Florida have the smallest number of earthquakes in the U.S.  
  A Richter  scale is a formula and not an actual object.  
  There is about 1 earthquake every 30 seconds.  
 


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