earthquake, n.Trivia

Earth experiences over 50,000 earthquakes a year

Donburi's (Japanese rice bowl) popularity after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake likely stemmed from the need of workers to find something to eat as they were kept busy day and night rebuilding the city.

Of 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year, only about 1/5th of them can be felt by humans and only .02% cause any damage.

Tunnels are among the safest place to be during earthquakes since they move with the soil while structures above ground sway back and forth

Earthquakes are truly powerful --- they can even make the Earth spin faster.

In Japan, more than 1500 earthquakes occur each year

The moon has moonquakes.

Japan's 2011 8.9 magnitude earthquake was so powerful, it shifted the earth's mass, shortening our days by 1.8 microseconds.

An early seismography was invented in 132 A.D. in China

Japan is an earthquake nation because it sits on top of four tectonic plates

The largest earthquake ever recorded was a magnitude 9.5 in Chile in 1960.

The Richter scale was developed by Charles Richter, an avid nudist.

A magnitude 15 earthquake would destroy the planet.