Earthquake Jeopardy - Test Your Knowledge on California Earthquakes
Test your knowledge on California earthquakes with Earthquake Jeopardy! Two rock hammers are up for grabs as contestants answer questions on historic earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in northern California. Compete in two games with three contestants each to win the coveted hammers. Let the seismic showdown begin!
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EARTHQUAKE JEOPARDY! Two Rock Hammers = Two Games with three contestants each. Students have entered their names. We will select the names from these entries. Each Game has four answers. I will read the answer and the student who holds their card up first will get the chance to provide the question. The contestant with the most correct questions will win the hammer.
EARTHQUAKE JEOPARDY! Answer: the northern California earthquake that caused landslides, liquefaction, fires, building damage, and a tsunami that led to the establishment of the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program. What was the April 1992 magnitude M 7.2 Cape Mendocino Earthquake and Tsunami? Game 1: Answer 1
EARTHQUAKE JEOPARDY! Answer: generated the highest ground accelerations ever recorded by the California Geological Survey Strong Motion Instrument Program (CGS SMIP). What was the December 2022 magnitude M 6.4 Ferndale Earthquake? Game 1: Answer 2
EARTHQUAKE JEOPARDY! Answer: the California right-lateral strike-slip earthquake that generated a tsunami. What was the April 1906 magnitude M 7.8 San Francisco Earthquake? Game 1: Answer 3
EARTHQUAKE JEOPARDY! Answer: the 20th century volcanic eruption sequence in northern California. What were the Mount Lassen eruptions from 1914- 1917? Game 1: Answer 4
EARTHQUAKE JEOPARDY! Answer: happened before there was a regional tsunami warning system (where the earthquake happened) that led to almost a quarter million fatalities. What was the December 2004 magnitude M 9.1 Sumatra-Andaman subduction zone earthquake and tsunami? Game 2: Answer 1
EARTHQUAKE JEOPARDY! Answer: the natural hazard event in Humboldt County that was caused by the occlusion of a low-pressure cyclonic system coming from Alaska with a Pineapple Express weather system coming from the southwest. What was the December 1964 Flood? Game 2: Answer 2
EARTHQUAKE JEOPARDY! Answer: the northern California earthquake that, before the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake was referred to as the San Francisco Earthquake. What was the October 1868 magnitude M 6.8 Hayward fault earthquake? Game 2: Answer 3
EARTHQUAKE JEOPARDY! Answer: caused the tsunami that arrived along the California coast earlier than expected because of the atmospheric pressure waves that drove the initial tsunami, also responsible for generating tsunami in the Caribbean and Mediterranean. What was the January 2022 Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai eruption? Game 2: Answer 4
