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The Unsolved Mysteries of Complex Earthquakes:
An earthquake is a very sudden shaking vibrations of the ground made in the
earths crust when rocks in which a stretchy strain has been building up bursting, and then
rebounded. ...
Earthquakes are caused by various conditions like, abrupt earth movements along
geological faults. ...
The causes of west coast earthquakes is the Juan de Fuca plate, Explore plate and
Gorda plate are all sliding beneath the North American Plate. In the last five thousand
years approximately fourteen earthquakes have struck, usually once every five hundred
years. ...
Earthquakes happen alot at faults that are zones of weakness in the earths crust. ...
Earthquakes are so tragic and the effects can destroy cities, broken dams, earth slides,
giant sea waves called tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. From only 1926 to 1950, there
were over 350,000 deaths, and property damage losses past ten billion dollars because of
earthquakes. Loss of life and damage just shows us what earthquakes can do when they
strike close to highly urbanized areas. ... On the average about 10,000 people die each year as a
result of earthquakes.
Approximate Word count = 894
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