... It is estimated that ithin the next 30 years there ill be another quake of the 8.3 magnitude. This ill be called the Big Bang . So the Californians live under the constant threat of earthquakes. Residents are told to avoid putting heavy objects on shelves, to fasten cupboards to alls and in the case of a quake to get under a bed or table. GREAT EARTHQUAKES DURING THE LAST CENTURY1 1906 SAN FRANCISCO, 8.3 Richter Scale Damage to homes built before earthquake codes. 2 1983 COALINGA, 6.7 Richter ScaleDamage to older homes built before earthquake codes. 3 1971 SAN FERNANDO, 6.6 Richter ScaleDamage to neer homes improperly designed or constructed. 4 1984 MORGAN HILL, 6.2 Richter ScaleDamage to homes built before earthquake codes. 5 1989 LOMA PRIETA, 7.1 Richter ScaleDamage to homes built before earthquake codes. 6 1994 NORTHRIDGE, 6.7 Richter ScaleDamage to modern houses. -Climate The climate in California is subtropical It lies beteen the 32. and the 42. degree of latitude i-30 tropicals. Favoured by maritime influences durch Seeeinflsse the Pacific coast has mild inters and comparatively cool summers. To the Sierra Nevada it gets dryer and dryer. The third-highest temperature on earth as measured ith 56.7C in the year 1913 in the Death Valley. North the Lake Tahoe as measured ith 42.8C 1937 the loest temperature in California.Breitengrad und dem 114. und 124. Grad estlicher Lnge. PopulationCalifornia is the most populous state in the U.S ith 35.4 million inhabitants, though it is only the 3. biggest state in the U.S. In the past ten years, California gre by 17 percent in the last 50 years, it more than tripled.Because of California gets more and more inhabitants, it really get problems ith schools for example there are classes that often exceed 35 students per teacher and traffic.- Nationality The population consists of 74 hite 13 black 10 Hispanics and 3 other ethnical groups, for example Indians. About 30,000,000 inhabitants On a square kilometre live approximately 70 inhabitants. Very much inhabitants are of Spanish origin.ad ,IiAOPbdrtmHnHsHtH5mHsHBCJOJQJaJphCJaJCJsaJmHsHCJ
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