When Nature Strikes

Question 1

What is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in human history?

Accepted Answer

1960 Chile earthquake (9.5 magnitude)

Answer

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (9.1 magnitude)

Answer

2011 Japan earthquake (9.0 magnitude)

Answer

1906 San Francisco earthquake (7.9 magnitude)

Question 2

In what year did Mount Tambora in Indonesia erupt, causing one of history's deadliest volcanic eruptions?

Accepted Answer

1815

Answer

1883

Answer

1902

Answer

1963

Question 3

The 1883 eruption of Krakatau created one of history's largest and most destructive what?

Accepted Answer

tsunamis

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ash clouds

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lava flows

Answer

pyroclastic flows

Question 4

Approximately how many people were killed by the Krakatau tsunami in 1883?

Accepted Answer

more than 34,000

Answer

approximately 10,000

Answer

approximately 100,000

Answer

approximately 5,000

Question 5

The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami killed how many people across multiple countries?

Accepted Answer

approximately 227,898

Answer

approximately 150,000

Answer

approximately 75,000

Answer

approximately 300,000

Question 6

What was the magnitude of the 1964 Alaska earthquake, the largest ever in North America?

Accepted Answer

9.2 magnitude

Answer

8.5 magnitude

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9.0 magnitude

Answer

8.8 magnitude

Question 7

Approximately how many earthquakes occur on Earth every year?

Accepted Answer

approximately 500,000

Answer

approximately 50,000

Answer

approximately 100,000

Answer

approximately 1,000,000

Question 8

How many deaths were recorded from the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami?

Accepted Answer

approximately 15,890 confirmed deaths

Answer

approximately 20,000 deaths

Answer

approximately 10,000 deaths

Answer

approximately 30,000 deaths

What is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in human history?