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Alaska Earthquake Compare And Contrast
In 2011, March 11th a megathrust earthquake occurred at Japan. The earthquake created a tsunami which hit. Both these disasters caused severe and extensive damage. Towns were ripped apart by having houses flooded, broken down, and in the ocean. The transportations were badly affected and cars were everywhere in the wrong place. People had died from the tsunami causing an overwhelming number of deaths. After both the earthquake and tsunami there were people who were homeless. Those people had lost everything except their life from these disasters. On January 24, 2016 an earthquake hit Alaska. It was a 7.1 earthquake and it woke up some Alaskans in the middle of the night. It caused many people to lose power and led some to evacuate. The earthquakes

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