Earthquakes By Meklit Tesfaye
How do Earthquakes form?
Earthquakes
Earthquakes is when the earth's crust when it moves that's the earthquake coming in the earth. When it shakes that's when the crust is coming apart. The masses under the earth cause the ground to shake However, that is an illusion. Earth's surface,or crust, is made up of many huge slabs called tectonic plates. These slabs fit together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.However, unlike puzzle pieces, they are in constant motion
Earthquake damage, Japan, 1891
This is picture is a house damaged by the Japan earthquake in1891 .http://quest.eb.com/search/earthquakes/1/132_1239485/Earthquake-damage-Japan-1891
1906 San Francisco earthquake damage
This picture is a huge crowd next to a and it was destroyed by the earthquake damage Mission district.
http://quest.eb.com/search/earthquakes/1/132_1232801/1906-San-Francisco-earthquake-damage
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1906 San Francisco earthquake fire
The Earthquake fire destroyed almost downtown of San Francisco California,USAhttp://quest.eb.com/search/earthquakes/1/132_1232126/1906-San-Francisco-earthquake-fire
Defentions
- Tectonic Plates: One of then large slabs of rock that make up Earth's outer crust.
- Masses: A body of coherent matter together
- Magnitude: A measure of how much energy an earthquake releases