{"id":23633,"date":"2026-08-30T01:01:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T19:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/why-is-an-earthquake-hazard-not-automatically-the-same-as-earthquake-risk\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T01:01:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T19:01:39","slug":"why-is-an-earthquake-hazard-not-automatically-the-same-as-earthquake-risk","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/why-is-an-earthquake-hazard-not-automatically-the-same-as-earthquake-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is an earthquake hazard not automatically the same as earthquake risk?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why is an earthquake hazard not automatically the same as earthquake risk?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Earthquake risk exists only in empty areas.<\/li>\n<li>Risk depends only on rainfall.<\/li>\n<li>Hazard and risk always mean exactly the same thing.<\/li>\n<li>Risk also depends on people, buildings, and infrastructure exposed to the hazard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3305,3309,3313],"subject":[1846],"education_level":[1896],"class_list":["post-23633","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-california-facts","topic-california-geography","topic-california-natural-hazards","subject-geography-of-the-united-states","education_level-hsc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Risk also depends on people, buildings, and infrastructure exposed to the hazard.<\/strong> is correct. Earthquake risk combines geologic hazard with exposure of people, buildings, and infrastructure.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Earthquake risk exists only in empty areas."},{"right":"no","answer":"Risk depends only on rainfall."},{"right":"no","answer":"Hazard and risk always mean exactly the same thing."},{"right":"yes","answer":"Risk also depends on people, buildings, and infrastructure exposed to the hazard."}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":1846,"title":"Geography of the United States","slug":"geography-of-the-united-states"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3305,"title":"California Facts","slug":"california-facts"},{"id":3309,"title":"California Geography","slug":"california-geography"},{"id":3313,"title":"California Natural Hazards","slug":"california-natural-hazards"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/23633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=23633"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=23633"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=23633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}