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Friday, May 2, 2014

AMAZING TIME LAPSE VIDEO OF EARTH AS IT WAS ROCKED BY STRONG EARTHQUAKES IN APRIL 2014

  • Earth shown as calm until April 1 when huge earthquake rocks Chile
  • Another huge earthquake shakes Solomon Islands in the South Pacific
  • The activity doesn’t let up all month with larger-than-normal quakes all in Nicaragua, Mexico, Canada, and even an unusual one in the South Atlantic
  • According to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, which issues alerts for tsunamis, there were 13 major earthquakes in April

  • WHAT DO MAGNITUDES MEAN

    Magnitude 1 and 2 – Not felt by people, detected by instruments.
    Magnitude 3 – Silght tremor felt by people indoors, likened to a passing lorry.
    Magnitude 4 – Can crack walls, disturb trees.

    Magnitude 5 – Moves furniture, damages poorly built buildings.
    Magnitude 6 – Moderate to major damage, chimneys and walls collapse.
    Magnitude 7 – Major damage to all buildings, ground cracks, landslides can occur.
    Magnitude 8 – Total destruction, waves can be seen travelling through the ground

    Read more and watch video
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2618795/The-month-shook-world-Incredible-time-lapse-reveals-planet-rocked-record-breaking-earthquakes-April.html

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