Earthquake Categories By Rodrigo Resendiz Alexa Puccio Cortez

Earthquake Categories By Rodrigo Resendiz, Alexa Puccio, Cortez Marshall, Jasmine Lemon

Category 1 -2 � � � La Verne C. A 2012 Magnitude 2. 6 Intensity III -No damage done -No death -Felt by few people

Category 3 -4 � � � Coastal California 2012 Magnitude 3. 2 Intensity II -No damage Done -No deaths • Inglewood California 2009 • Magnitude 4. 7 • Intensity VI • -Minimal Damage • -No deaths

Category 5 -6 � � � Illinois 2008 Magnitude 5. 8 -Minimal Damage -Minor injuries -Felt by Nebraska, Georgia, and West Virginia • • • Northridge California 1994 Magnitude 6. 7 $20 billion dollars in damage 57 Deaths 8700 injured

Category 7 -8 � � � Haiti 2010 Magnitude 7. 0 316, 000 deaths 300, 000+ injured $14 billion in damage 1. 5 million people left homeless San Francisco C. A 1906 Magnitude 7. 9 Intensity VIII- IX 80% of San Francisco destroyed • 3, 000 deaths • Caused Multiple Fires • •

Category 9 -10 Japan 2011 � Magnitude 9. 0 � 3 -5 minutes of shaking � Triggered Tsunami � 15, 870 deaths � 6114 injured � 2814 missing � $235 billion in economic losses Caused nuclear meltdown � Sumatra, Indonesia 2004 Magnitude 9. 1 Triggered deadly tsunami 230, 000 deaths in 14 countries Affected 15 million people Over $14 billion donated in relief efforts Several minutes of strong shaking