Italy Earthquake 2016

What year did the earthquake take place?

• 2015

• 2016

• 2017

• 2018

How much time was between the two major earthquakes?

• 1 month

• 9 months

• 3 months

• 6 months

How much bigger is an 8.0 earthquake than a 2.0

• 60x

• 100x

• 10000x

• 1000000

Britain experiences roughly how many earthquakes each year?

• 0-10

• 10-20

• 20-30

• 50+

What mountain range did the fault line run though that caused the 6.2 magnitude earthquake?

• Alps

• Central Appenine

• Dolomites

• Taurus mountains

What are the two tectonic plates involved

• Adriatic and African

• Eurasian and Arabian

• Adriatic and Eurasian

• Arabian and Adriatic

Why did these relatively low level earthquakes cause so much damage?

• The Epicenter was very close to the Earths surface

• They happened at night

• The geology of the rock meant the shock waves travelled more effectively

• the age of the buildings and poor construction methods

Why was the death toll in the first earthquake much higher? (300 in the first and just 2 elderly people in the second)

• Earlier warning signals given out and evacuation plans enforced

• Lack of memory from last earthquake in 1980- Higher level of vulnerability as time passes between earthquakes

• Location of the epicentre

• All of the vulnerable buildings had already collapsed

Which of these is not a scale to measure earthquakes

• Richter

• Mercalli

• MMS (moment Magnitude Scale)

• V.E.I

Which of these countries suffers the most earthquakes per year?

• Japan

• Indonesia

• Mexico

• Nepal