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Measuring an Earthquake

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Question 5

5.

Using information from the passage, how are Earthquakes listed in Table 1?

Question 1

1.

Which earthquake was the strongest?

San Francisco

Kern County

Loma Prieta

Fort Tejon

Question 2

2.

Which earthquake lasted the least amount of time?

Whittier Narrows

Fort Tejon

Landers

North Ridge

Question 3

3.

Which earthquake happened along the longest fault?

North Palm Springs

Borrego Mountain

Fort Tejon

San Francisco

Question 4

4.

Which of these statements is true?

Shorter faults produce stronger earthquakes.

Longer faults produce weaker quakes

Stronger quakes last longer than weaker quakes

Weaker quakes last longer than stronger quakes