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Location of worldwide earthquakes
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What are Earthquakes?• The shaking or trembling caused by the sudden
release of energy• Usually associated with faulting or breaking of rocks• Continuing adjustment of position results in
aftershocks
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Earthquakes
• Plates moving in any direction causes earthquakes
• The worst are caused by plates rubbing past each other as in C
• This happens along the Californian coast
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Earthquakes
seismic waves
epicentre
hypocentre (focus)
Earthquakes are caused by a sudden release of energy from the Earth’s crust.
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Effects of earthquakes
Chile (1960)
9.6Richter Scale
hypocentre (focus)
epicentre
landslides
damage to buildingstsunami
seismic waves