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geography
earthquakes
Question | Answer |
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What is an earthquake? | a sudden violent shaking or temors of the ground, typically causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust |
name an earthquake you have studied? | the Japan earthquake and tsunami in 2011. |
what is magnitude? | the strength of the earthquake, recorded on the seismograph and measured on the richter scale. |
what is the epicentre of the earthquake? | the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake. |
what is the destruction an earthquake can lead to? | the destruction of homes leaving people homeless, the destruction of roads and ports and a high death toll. |
earthquakes can also lead to? | falling debris, tsunamis, and landslides |
what is a landslide? | when soils and sands mix with groundwater and turn to a quicksand like material in minutes. |
what is tsunami? | when the epicentre of an earthquake is in the water and causes the water to rise up |