Lately, many people have probably felt some of the earthquakes that have happened in our area in the last month. Despite the fact that the ground shook violently, many much stronger earthquakes have been recorded on a global scale in the past. Earthquakes are one of the most devastating natural phenomena. Every year thousands of people are rendered homeless, displaced, injured, or even killedall over the world due to earthquakes. Growing population and globalurbanization is increasing the threat of earthquakes.
1. 9.1. -Sumatra, Indonesia (December 26, 2004)
At the end of 2004, the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra was shaken by an earthquake with a magnitude above 9. Magnitude 9.1 is most often recorded, but data on the estimated magnitude between 9.1 can be found. and 9.3. The strong earthquake was followed by a devastating tsunami that hit the coasts of Indonesia and Sri Lanka hard. It is also one of the most fatal earthquakes, with over 227,000 people dying as a result of the quake and tsunami.
2. 9.1. - Japan (11-03-2011)
The strongest earthquake ever recorded in Japan occurred on March 11, 2011. Earthquake with magnitude 9.0 - 9.1. it also triggered a devastating tsunami that claimed most of its total of over 15,800 deaths. The quake severely damaged the reactors at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, causing the quake to be followed by a nuclear crisis that lasted several months. This earthquake was estimated to be the most expensive natural disaster in human history (the World Bank estimated $ 235 billion in damage).
3. 8.8. - Chile (27-02-2010)
On February 27, 2010, an earthquake measuring 8.8 occurred just a few kilometers off the coast of Chile. According to reports at the time, the ground shook for about 3 minutes, and the quake was felt almost all over the country. The quake also triggered a tsunami that damaged the port of Talcahuan and caused minor damage even in the California area of San Diego and the Japan area. The quake also caused a power outage that affected 93 percent of the Chilean population and lasted for several days in some places.
4. 8.6. - Sumatra, Indonesia (March 28, 2005)
A magnitude 8.6 earthquake shook the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on 28 March 2005. The quake occurred just a few months after the devastating tsunami that struck as a result of the aforementioned quake in late 2004. In areas that have not yet recovered well from the effects of the last natural disaster, there was great panic, but fortunately the tsunami triggered by an earthquake at the time, it did not have such dire consequences.
5: 8.6. - Sumatra, Indonesia (11-04-2012)
Even the 5th of the worst earthquakes in 20 years happened near Sumatra. An earthquake estimated at magnitude 8.6. Occurred on 11.4. 2012, almost 400 kilometers off the coast of Sumatra. The earthquake is considered to be one of the more unusual earthquakes, as it occurred inside the earth plate (intraplate), away from the boundary of the plate, where the two plates meet. Most of the largest earthquakes occur right on the boundary of the plates, and in the earthquake at that time, two parts of the Earth's crust slipped horizontally. “The earthquake is considered to be the strongest instrumentally recorded earthquake at the shear fault.
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These days I am preoccupied with earthquakes in the Balkans and especially in Croatia. Although I live in an area that cannot be hit by a tsunami, I am afraid of this horror.