What is the longest the ground has continuously moved due to a single large earthquake? 4 minutes? 6 minutes? 10 minutes? Today's video will answer this question and give a detailed explanation on what factors determine and influence the duration of a large magnitude earthquake. This all is being narrated through the knowledge and opinion of a geologist. This video's thumbnail image shows a collapsed building after the 2023 M7.8 & M7.5 Turkey earthquakes. While long, those earthquakes were not the longest duration historical earthquakes. A special thanks to the EarthquakeSim YouTube channel for granting me permission to use clips of his footage! Video Sources from the EarthquakeSim YouTube channel: [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy_4G7ig5Gw [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjpQryJnHTc [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQZvfi7778M Subscribe to EarthquakeSim at: https://www.youtube.com/@EarthquakeSim If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon: http://patreon.com/geologyhub) (YouTube membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYeGh5VML5XPr5jYnzh3J6g/join) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: http://prospectingarizona.etsy.com) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: http://geologyhub.etsy.com) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under "fair use". If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at [email protected] and I will make the necessary changes. Various licenses used in sections of this video (not the entire video, this video as a whole does not completely fall under one of these licenses) and/or in this video's thumbnail image (and this list does not include every license used in this video and/or thumbnail image): Public Domain: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Sources/Citations: [1] U.S. Geological Survey [2] Phivolcs 0:00 Long Earthquakes 1:06 The Longest Earthquakes 2:43 Earthquake Duration 4:47 Seismic Wave Types