The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake lasted nearly 10 minutes—the longest on record.[Earthquakes]
There is enough gold in the Earth’s core to cover the entire surface of the Earth in 1.5 feet of the sparkling mineral.[Earth]
The worst avalanche triggered by an earthquake occurred in Peru in 1970. A 800-meter wave of ice, mud, and rock fell down the mountain in Huascaran at 250 miles (400 km) per hour. It carried away entire villages and killed more than 18,000 people.[Earthquakes]
Scientists developed the theory of plate tectonics in the mid-twentieth century.[Earthquakes]
The first recorded earthquake in California was in 1769 by Gaspar de Portola, an explorer and Spanish military officer.[Earthquakes]
Sea levels on Earth would rise about 60 m (200 ft) if all the ice in Antarctica were to melt.[Earth]
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