Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Earthquakes

Have you ever experienced an Earthquake? What causes an earthquake? 


82 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have never experianced and earthquack and I dont know how they start.

Brianna M. said...

I had my experience when we were finishing up cheer practice at the Waterboro Elementary School. We finished our half-time routine and our parents were just getting inside the gym. The windows and doors shook like crazy, and everyone except for me was crying. :) Earthquakes are caused by tectonic plates moving past each other.

Anonymous said...

It is caused by the plates in the earth moving.

keny said...

I have experienced and earthquake. And I do not know how it starts.

Danielle said...

Iv'e experienced an Earthquake I thought it was my washer exploiting. I think what causes an Earthquake is when the Earth shifts moving a bunch of things.

Nikki said...

I'v experienced a earthquake and when it happened I thought the world was going to explode and we were all going to die but when it was over I found out it was just a earthquake.
And the thing that starts a earthquake it the plates in the ground shift and shake the area the plates shift

Anonymous said...

I experienced an Earthquake a couple of years ago when I was with my dad and dog at my dogs puppy training.Earthquakes are caused by the moving of tectonic plates under the surface of the Earth.

Tayte said...

I experienced the earthquake in Hollis and earthquakes are caused by tectonic plates moving.

Riley H. said...

I have never experienced an earthquake before and I think they start when rock underground breaks.

bryanna p said...

i experienced an earthquake in 4th grade i was at home and i went to sit on my couch and as i landed on the couch the earth shaked. Earthquakes are usually caused when rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault. This sudden release of energy causes the seismic waves that make the ground shake. When two blocks of rock or two plates are rubbing against each other, they stick a little. https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS656US656&ion=1&espv=2&es_th=1&ie=UTF-8#q=what%20causes%20an%20earthquake&es_th=1

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Grace D said...

I have experienced one earthquake and tectonic plates moving together and create an earthquake.

Sabrina C said...

I have been in a earthquake. I was the day before halloween and I was watching a movie in my room. When it hit my house I fell off my bed and my TV started to fall so I ran and stopped it from breaking. When the earths plats rub it causes a crack in the ground.

Brandon M said...

I have experienced an earthquake the earthquake 2 years ago. At the time I just heard about a log truck that had tip over and killed some people so I thought that another one had tipped over again but it didn't and I didn't know what an earthquake felt like so I automatically ran upstairs. The way that Earthquakes happen is when 2 slates under the earth fall off and it makes the earth rumble.

dylan.f said...

No i have never experienced an earthquake.earthquakes are usually caused when rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault.

Jasmine C. said...

I have experienced a earthquake before. I think earthquakes are caused by rocks underground and brakes along the fault.

A n t h o n y E s p o s i t o said...

I have experienced an earthquake. I think an earthquake is caused by the Earth's plates rubbing against each other which causes the fault lines to give away and they form cracks in the ground.

Ian L said...

Yes I have experienced a earthquake. When the earthquake happen when I was in the shower and thought why was the shower shaking and my mom yelled earthquake and I thought to my self thats why the shower was shaking. The way earthquakes work is by plates in the earth overlapping each other, which causes the earth to shake.

Anonymous said...

yes i have in 2012 and what makes a earthqake happen is the vribration of a rock

Anonymous said...

I have expierienced a Earthquake before and when two tectonic plates rub against each other is what cause earthquakes.

Anonymous said...

I've had experienced an earthquake . I think earthquakes are caused by underground movement and/or WAR AGAINST THE ALIEN HIPPIES !!!!!!

Anonymous said...

I have expierienced a Earthquake before and when two tectonic plates rub against each other is what cause earthquakes.

Anonymous said...

i was out side when a earthquake by vibartion of a breaking rocks

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Anonymous said...

yes i have

Anonymous said...

Yes i have experience a earthquake i thought that my something in my house blow up.And they are made from tectonic plates moving.

Anonymous said...

I expierienced an earthquake and it shook the house and knocked over my legos and when two tectonic plates grinding on each other.

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Lauren Pride said...

An earthquake is the vibration produced from the breaking of rock. I was at a 4-h meeting we were in a fire department building and we thought that one of the big doors closed but we found out later the it was a earthquake.

Kyle G said...

Yes i experienced an earthquake my house was shaking. I thought a 18 wheeler was running over my house. Earthquakes are from plate tectonics moving around.

Jordan T. said...

Yes, I have experienced an earthquake. Vibration coming from the breaking of rock creates an earthquake.

Anonymous said...

i was watching a move

Anonymous said...

I have experienced an earthquake next to my basement before.
Plate techtonics causes an earthquake. Trollolololololololol!

Daniel.B said...

Earth quakes come from the plates shifting. when we had a earth quake i don't renumber where i was but i do renumber that it sound like a train going bye.

Gabe L said...

its when techtonic plates have to much pressure and start to move to relieve stress

Breanna c said...

Well I have never experienced an earthquake and what causes an earthquake is when you are on flat land and there is too much pressure on one rock and it starts to break the rocks beneath your feet.

Caelen Merrill said...


My experience with earthquakes is bad. We had an earthquake in Hollis, ME a couple years ago(where I live) and I was in the shower!! I got out screaming because I thought the furnace blew up! An earthquake occurs when vibration from a breaking rock happens.

Bradyn Neundorfer said...

no and the smashing of 2 techtonic plates

lily said...

I have expirienced an earthquake. They are caused by the tectonic plates shifting underground.

Anonymous said...

Well when i was in hollis i was scared when the earthquake took place because i never experienced one befor so how did i know it was a earthqauke.It felt like a plane crashed.!!!

Anonymous said...

Yes i have experienced an earthquake. When it happened, I had no idea what was happening. My mom thought that our propane tank exploded. Earthquakes are caused by shifting plates.

Anthony said...

My uncles new t.v. broke. It was a bad day for him :(

Brian Wakem said...

I experienced the earthquake 2 years ago it felt weird and my house was shaking it felt like a train hitting the house.

Tristin R said...

Yes I have experienced a Earthquake. Tectonic plates cause Earthquakes when they rub against each other.

Anonymous said...

My experience with an earthquake is kind of funny. We were watching TV in the living room when the earthquake hit Standish Maine. We all ran outside (Mom, Bryan, and me) all were wondering what was happening. Mama thought it was the dryer. We were amazed when we found out an earthquake had hit. An earthquake is when rocks break or snap releasing a large amount of energy.

Anonymous said...

if a big rock under the earth brakes it makes a earthqake and yes i have when i was 7 it scared the liveing crap outa me

Anonymous said...

So, when that large eartherquake a while ago. I was sitting on my couch, watching some anime. Then, there was a sudden ROAR! Like, a large rumbling roar. I thought our heating thingy was exploding! I grabbed my dog, (Who is nearly bigger then me, 'cuse you!) And I ran outside! How the ground was rumbling too, as well! Me and my family started to freak out, then it ended.

Longest minute of my life.

Raven Da Senpai said...

My experience wasn't that bad but the only time that I have felt anything from an earthquake was when I was in my old house 2 years ago and you can feel it barely but yet your can still feel it and I have no idea what caused it

Anonymous said...

i have not experianced an earthquake before all i know is that an earthquake is cause my plate techtonics moving under the ground

Katelyn Piche said...

When the earthquake happened in Hollis, it hit my house hard. I live in Hollis Center, so the earthquake was very close. At the time, I was in my bedroom on my bunkbed ladder, when I felt the house shake and I thought the house was collapsing. The walls looked like they were closing in, and the floor felt like it was moving in all different directions. I screamed to my mom as the earthquake slowed to a stop. An earthquake is the vibration produced from the breaking of rock.

Nikki Newcomb said...

Yes I have experienced an earthquake and I thought that my furnace blew up.Earthquakes happen when the plate move and are in different position.

Jasmine L. said...

I was seven when I experienced an earthquake. I was playing, and then I felt a sudden vibration, and then my mom came running down the hall, and to her room (because, I was in her room watching tv), and then, she picked me up. Then when it was done we went outside to see what happened, but nothing happened, no damage no nothing. I think what causes an earthquake is, when the vibration produced from the breaking of the rock.

thomas Sampson said...

yes i have and its caused by tectonic plates rubbing up against each other.

thomas Sampson said...

my trader moved

Noelle Lewis said...

Yes i have experience an earthquake and i thought that my house got struck by lightning. Earthquakes happen when the plates move.

kolby o said...

plates moving togeather

thomas Sampson said...

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Cory M. said...

I have experienced an earthquake and when it hit, I was laying down in bed, I was mad when it hit.

An earthquake is the vibration prodiced from the breaking of rocks

McKenzie Bubar said...

the earth quake starts by two rocks hit each other and it makes the earth shake.

shawn Rebel said...

yes i have i was fine a earthquake happens when rocks break up

Andrew Iverson said...

I have not experienced a earth quake.

bailey said...

yes i have experienced a earthquake, what causes a earthquake is when tectonic plates in earth collide.

Anonymous said...

When I was in an earthquake I was in the mall and me and my mom thought it was a furnace in the basement of the mall.

Anonymous said...

I have experienced an earthquake. An earthquake is caused by the breaking of rock.

Anonymous said...

An earth Quake is the vibrations produced by the breaking of rocks.

That time where there was a big earth quake, I was in the car coming back from portland, so i didn't know it was happening. but when i got home, things had fallen and my cat was under my bed.

another time, when i was in colorado, there was a very small short earth quake that I did feel. It wasnt that bad and nothing fell, but it felt really weird.

Anonymous said...

When the earthquake happened in Hollis My family was confused. I live in Limington so the earthquake was pretty close. When it happened was in my bedroom on my bunkbed ladder, when I felt the house shake and I thought a truck had hit the house. My dad made us all go in the kitchen to make sure everything was okay. An earthquake is the vibration produced from the breaking of rock.

Anonymous said...

Yes I have experienced an earthquake. It happened when I was watching a movie and then all of a sudden my house started shaking and things starting falling off the wall. I ran outside until it stopped and then realized it was just an earthquake. An earthquake is the vibration produced from the breaking of a rock.

Anonymous said...

When the earthquake happened in Hollis, it hit my house hard. I live in Hollis Center, so the earthquake was very close. At the time, I was in my shower and i hit the glaas when I felt the house shake and I thought the glass of the shower was going to berak

a earth quake is the vibration perducing from beraking rock

Anonymous said...

Yes i have i was i was in the kitchen doing homework and the house started to shack and i almost cried but dident. A earthquake happens when a vibration produced from the breaking of a rock.

maddie doucette said...

I have experience a earthquake when I was in bed and heard a roar and the a really loud bang and then my tv feel and what cause a earth quake is the rocks break up

brady/pablo said...

I almost fell down the stairs

Bryona said...

I Haven't but I think that if it did I would Help people that are hurt get up and find there Families

Anonymous said...

Yes I have been in an Earthquake. I was at home making a map on my computer on a game when everything started rumbling and moving for around 10 - 12 seconds then it stopped. I went downstairs and things fell on the floor. It was in 2012. It was a 4.0 on the scale and it was one of the biggest earthquake in Maine.
A earthquake happens when vibration is produced from the break of rock.

Anonymous said...

I was in a earth quake a few years ago in 2012. When it happened I thought that it was either a plane crash or a meteor hitting the ground. An earthquake is the vibration produced from the breaking of rock.

Anonymous said...

I have experienced an earthquake before. I was in 4th grade when it happened. My brother and my mom had just backed into our garage (they had been at football practice). I distinctly remember that I was watching funny cat videos on my mom's laptop when it started. First, my cat (then a kitten) ran upstairs and started meowing, and then I heard a loud rumbling. I got up from the couch and stood up, only to fall down because I was so scared and I had tripped on the ground. I heard a bunch of shattering, and saw that a vase had fallen of a bookshelf. By then, it had stopped. Since I had seen my mother backing into the garage only moments before, I thought that she had backed into our house. I rushed to the door and opened it, only to see my mother and my brother getting things out of the car, and saying the word, "earthquake". Then I finally realised that it was in fact an earthquake. Before that day, I never even knew that earthquakes could happen in Maine.
An earthquake is the vibration produced from the breaking of rock.

shane said...

I've had expeirience with an earthquake. It was called the 2012 presidetial election.

Anonymous said...

I was at a 4h meeting and I thought that a garage door was opening.
A earthquake is the vibration produced from the breaking of rock.

morgan scott said...

i have experienced a earthquake i was in a closet when it happened we though it was my dog running he is fat .

Anonymous said...

ive never been in a earthquake

Anonymous said...

an earthquake is the vibration produced from the breaking of rock

adam k said...

I was playing video games and an earth quake happened. I do not remember that much An earth quakes happens when rocks break and send out a vibration that shakes the earth.