
EXPLANATION
EARTHQUAKES
Do you know the feeling and the terror of earthquakes and the destruction they cause? If you think they are funny, maybe you should think again. Earthquakes kill millions and change our world a lot in many different ways tsunamis, volcanoes and can change landscapes in a big way.
What are earthquakes? Earthquakes are a sudden release of power in the earths crust, a vibration, Magma make things called “tectonic plates” move they bash together which makes an earthquake. Make Mountains there can also be earthquakes under the sea which causes a tsunami.
Earthquakes are recorded with a “seismometer” and the force that they make is recorded with a “Richter scale” one of the worst earthquakes killed 23,000 people which also caused a tsunami.
Some major tectonic plates are the Eurasian plate, African, Antarctic, Pacific, North American and the Indo Australian plate.
Earthquakes are one of the worst natural disasters nature can throw, earthquakes can make roads ripple like ribbons and destroy towns and cities, and they are truly very powerful.
Earthquakes are scary and I hope now you something about earthquakes and the devastation the cause.
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