Earthquakes
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Earthquakes
Earthquakes make the earth shake and is followed by seismic waves.
Collapsing Bridge
This is a picture of a collapsing bridge after an earthquake that happened in Kansai, University.
Wrecked Building
This is a wrecked building that was wrecked in El Salvador. Offices, buildings, and houses usually break down during or after an earthquake.
Safety Table
During an earthquake, you should be indoors and under a table because if you are not, then things will fall onto your back instead of landing on the table.
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Earthquakes usually happen near cracks . The plates meet at the faults. Then, the plates push against each other and causes one plate to move under another and cause an earthquake.
Scales Pebble Go
A richter scale measures earthquakes. 6.0 or higher are very very strong earthquakes. A seismograph measures and show us how much the earth moves during an earthquake.
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Sometimes, you can't feel the earthquake. The main cause of earthquakes is the pressure within the earth's crust. Earthquakes shaking are followed by seismic waves through the earth's crust.
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Charles Richter created the "Richter Scale" in 1935. Small earthquakes are called "microquakes". If an earthquake is measured under a 2 on a richter scale, the it can only be told on a seismometers.
Definitions from birtannica and pebble go
Fault- Cracks in earth's crust
Plate- A giant sheet of rocks in earth's crust
Seismic Waves- Vibration