1 Water molecules have a. 2  because the electrons in each covalent bond between the oxygen and each hydrogen are unequally shared-the electrons are closer to the oxygen. 3  This means that each water molecule has a partial negative charge on the oxygen and partial positive charges on the hydrogens.
The 7.9 magnitude quake, which rattled the area Nov. 3, 2002, has been the subject of research and fascination since. Scientific studies of the quake, whose epicenter was about 90 miles south of Fairbanks, spawned new national standards for building bridges and are providing a deeper understanding of how earthquakes affect frozen ground.
However, The Inquisitr also noted that residents felt displaced and affected enough by the outage. âThere are vendors here who are out of business,â commented Johnny Rice to the Alaska Dispatch News. Additionally, residents in the Kodiak area of Alaska suffered a magnitude 3.9 earthquake with no reported damages. Seismologist Natasha Ruppert states that it is âunusualâ for so many unrelated earthquakes to happen in different parts of Alaska.