Earthquake Facts

The largest recorded earthquake of the world was a 9.5 quake in Chile in 1960.

A magnitude 7 or higher can destroy a city.

You would feel the ground shake in a magnitude 3 quake.

You may not notice a magnitude 2 quake.

Each year, there are about a million earthquakes around the world. But only about 100 of these cause serious damage.

An earthquake can trigger a volcano to erupt.

The deadliest known quake in history shook China in 1556, taking about 830,000 lives.

4 out of 5 of the world's earthquakes take place along the rim of the Pacific Ocean, a zone called the Pacific Ring of Fire.

funny but true

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would produce enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.

If you attempted to count to stars in a galaxy at a rate of one every second it would take around 3,000 years to count them all.

Every minute in the U.S. six people turn 17.

Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.

Guinness Book Of Records holds the record for being the book most stolen from Public Libraries.

Beauty of numbers

The Beauty of Maths
1 x 8 + 1 = 9
12 x 8 + 2 = 98
123 x 8 + 3 = 987
1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876
12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765
123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654
1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543
12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432
123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321

1 x 9 + 2 = 11
12 x 9 + 3 = 111
123 x 9 + 4 = 1111
1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111
12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111
123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111
1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111
12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111
123456789 x 9 +10= 1111111111

9 x 9 + 7 = 88
98 x 9 + 6 = 888
987 x 9 + 5 = 8888
9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888
98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888
987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888
9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888
98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888

1 x 1 = 1
11 x 11 = 121
111 x 111 = 12321
1111 x 1111 = 1234321
11111 x 11111 = 123454321
111111 x 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321
111111111 x 111111111=12345678987654321