Earthquakes
By: by Jack Zayarny
Series: Natural disasters; Natural disasters (AV² by Weigl)
Publisher: AV² by Weigl
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781489612021; 9781489612038
Subjects: Earthquakes; Juvenile literature; Natural disasters; Study and teaching; Seismology; Research; Disasters; Tsunamis; Earth movements
Description: Earthquakes are one of the deadliest natural disasters in the world. Most earthquakes happen along fault lines. Earthquakes cannot be prevented, but it is possible to predict where and when an earthquake will happen.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: AV2 book code; title: Earthquakes are one of the deadliest natural disasters in the world; title: Most earthquakes are caused be geological faults; title: Earthquakes cannot be prevented; title: Somewhere on Earth, an earthquake occurs every 30 seconds; title: All-time records; title: Earthquakes in the United States; title: Japan experiences the most earthquakes of any country in the world; title: American scientist Charles Richter invented the Richter Scale in 1935; title: Little known facts; title: An Earthquake is strongest at its epicenter; title: Earthquakes that happen underwater can cause tsunamis; title: In Ancient Greece, people believed that Poseidon, the sea god, caused earthquakes; title: Earthquake timeline; title: Timeline; title: Test your knowledge; title: Create a disaster kit.