An earthquake is a very powerful and devastating natural disaster.It is often experienced arond the world, nearly every day to be more specific. An earthquake can hit at any time and at any magnitude and often the after math isnt pretty.Earthquakes are so powerful, if in the right area it can cause a tsunami.
An earthquake is caused by giant plates under the earths crust called plate tectonics. Earthquakes only occure on plate boundrys, this is because when plates either collide, rub against or submerge over of under one another. Earthquakes are rated on a magnitude scale called the ricker scale. A large rotating drum that has paper wraped around it and records ground movment with a inc pen.
| Plate Tectonic Names |
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| Pacific Plate |
| North-American plate |
| Eurasian Plate |
| African Plate |
