A host of questions on a natural disaster that makes the earth move with deadly results.
This is an online quiz for children. Click on the answer you think is correct to find out. Scroll down to start the quiz for kids: When the Earth Quakes
Which country experienced the largest earthquake of the twentieth century?
Canada
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Chile
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Japan
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Denmark
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Where is the safest place to be during an earthquake if you are indoors?
Next to a wall
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Outdoors
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Under a door frame or a table
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On top of the terrace
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Where do most earthquakes occur?
At plate boundaries
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In the mantle
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In plate interiors
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At zones where there is little stress on rocks
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Where was the first seismograph accurate enough for scientific study made?
Germany
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China
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England
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Japan
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Which two waves are used to locate an earthquake?
Surface Waves and P-waves
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P-Waves and S-Waves
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Elastic Waves
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Surface Waves and S-Waves
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Where did the deadliest ever recorded earthquake occur?
Chile
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China
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Japan
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Alaska
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How many small earthquakes occur each year?
500-1000
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1,000-5,000
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20,000-25,000
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40,000-50,000
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In what year did the Great San Francisco earthquake occur?
An earthquake of magnitude 7.0 on the Richter scale releases how many times as much energy as an earthquake of magnitude 6.0?
How fast do tectonic plates move?
4 inches (10 centimetres) per day
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4 inches (10 centimetres) per year
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4 inches (10 centimetres) per century
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4 inches (10 centimetres) per second
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