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| Question | Answer |
| What is an earthquake? | The shaking of the ground causes by movement in the rocks below the surface |
| Where do the majority of Earthquakes occur? | Along plate boundaries |
| As rocks settle into their new positions, there will be lots of smaller earthquakes after the big one called?... | After shocks |
| What is the highest number on the Richter scale? | 9 |
| What machine is an earthquake measured by? | Seismometers |
| What city in Japan did an earthquake take place there in 1995? | Kobe |
| How many people were killed in the Kobe earthquake? | Around 300,000 |
| How can the danger of an earthquake be reduced? What is put in place? | Large rubber shock absorbers are built in the foundations of a building and it absorbs earth tremors. |
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