EARTHQUAKES are
natural disasters.
An EARTHQUAKE is when one plate goes under
another or rub together. EARTHQUAKES are
very dangerous and can easily kill humans.
AFTERSHOCK!
The aftershock is a normal Earthquake, except
it appears later. Aftershocks can go on for years.
Aftershocks can be dangerous because they are
normally unpredictable. They normally have a
smaller magnitude than the actual Eartquake.
Earthquakes can also cause: Land slides,
tsunamis, tidal waves, crumbled soil and sand
rits.
Q/A
Q. Which Earthquake killed the most people?
A. The most people killed from an earthquake
was 830,000 in China in 1556.
Q. How does an Earthquake stop?
A. It runs out of energy from the friction.
GLOSSARY
NOT VERY INTERESTING
TECTONIC PLATES: The Surface of the Earth.
FRICTION: When two things rub together.
REFERENCES
SITES:
http://earthquakefacts.net/\
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/facts.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftershock
FACTS:The largest recorded
Earthquake was 9.5 in Chile in May
22, 1960.
A normal Earthquake normally
lasts about 60 seconds.
Earthquakes can trigger a Volcano.
Earthquakes normally happen
somewhere in the world every thirty
seconds.
There are about a million
Eartquakes per year, but about 100
cause serious damage.