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Geo:earthquake
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is an earthquake | A violent shaking of earths surface caused by movement of tectonic plates |
| Fault | A fracture in earths crust where tectonic plates move |
| Focus | Origin point of an earthquake underground |
| Epicentre | Origin point of an earthquake on the surface |
| Tremor | Shake from an earthquake |
| Tsunami | A large wave that can be triggered by an earthquake |
| What happened to Haiti in 2010 | A |
| Whats a seismograph | A roll of spinning paper that vibrates based off the movement of tectonic plates |
| Whats a richter scale | A scale that measures earthquakes from 1 to 10 with 10 being the most powerful |
| Whats a mercalli scale | A scale that measures the destruction of an earthquake from I (lowest) to XII (highest). |
| Describe the Haiti earthquake 2010 | A 7 richter scale earthquake struck around port au prince in 2010. It killed 250k people and destroyed thousands of buildings , one of them was a prison which released criminals into the city. It costed haiti 8.5 billion in damages |
| Describe the Japanese 2016 earthquake | A 7.2 richter scale earthquake struck Kumamto city in Japan. Around 32 people died and 200k homes were left without electricity and water. |
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