U.S. Geological Survey — The Severity of an Earthquake

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Earth & Climate Natural Disasters

The Loma Prieta earthquake struck during a World Series game

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Earth & Climate Geology

A weatherman saw that the continents had once fit together

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Earth & Climate Geology

Continents drift apart only a few centimeters a year

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Earth & Climate Natural Disasters

Each step up the magnitude scale means about 32 times more earthquake energy

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Earth & Climate Geology

Mount Everest is still growing taller

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