Earthquakes 3-4 pg, 2 scholarly sources

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Major earthquake and volcano eruptions have occurred long before there were humans on Earth. However, there have been many in recorded history that significantly impacted human civilization. Choose one significantly important earthquake or volcano and report on it. Be sure to cover how it affected the Earth, damages and death tolls, economic impact and any permanent consequences.

Along what type of plate boundary did this earthquake occur? Based on your knowledge of earthquakes, is this what you would have expected from that type of boundary? Be sure to explain your answer fully.

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Running head: earthquakes and volcanic eruptions

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Introduction
There have been cases of natural calamities such as earthquakes as well as volcanic
eruptions which lead to great loss to human beings. These disasters have caused millions of
human deaths, fires, and tsunamis. An earthquake is a sudden trembling of the earth surface
which is caused by shockwaves which originate from the interior of the earth.an earthquakes
strength is measured by the use of Richter scale while the magnitude is measured by the use of a
Mercalli scale. The most intense earthquake occurred on May 22, 1960, in Chile with a 9.5
magnitude. The deaths that resulted from the occurrence of this earthquake were 4485 and
2million people were displaced. Secondly, volcanoes cause massive damage, heavy losses, and
consequences that are irreversible. The most intense volcanoes include Tambora which occurred
the year 1815 and Sundstrait, in the year 1883 both in Indonesia and Mount Pinatubo in the year
1991 in Luzon, Philippines (Fairclough, 2011).

Mount Etna
Mount Etna is located in Italy, it is the highest and above the city of Cat...


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