Earthquakes

Slides 4-7 will include general information about earthquakes as well as facts about your group's chosen real world disaster.

Slide 4: General Information about Earthquakes

• Plate Tectonics and Disasters (e-book)
• http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,custuid&custid=s8455861&db=e866sww&AN=486690&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_28
• General earthquake article by Britannica
• school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/earthquake/274104#

Slides 5, 6, and 7: Choose a Specific Earthquake from the list below. Research the What, Where, When, and How.

• Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011
• school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Japan-earthquake-and-tsunami-of-2011/604539
• Northridge earthquake of 1994
• https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Northridge-earthquake-of-1994/624817
• San Francisco earthquake of 1989
• https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/San-FranciscoOakland-earthquake-of-1989/624815
• Valdivia, Chile earthquake of 1960
• https://www.britannica.com/event/Chile-earthquake-of-1960
• Alaska Earthquake of 1964 (Links to an external site.)school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Alaska-earthquake-of-1964/438092
• Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Lisbon-earthquake-of-1755/438086
• Ercis-Van Earthquake of 2011 school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Erci%C5%9F-Van-earthquake-of-2011/571612

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