Earthquakes!
By: by Helen Dwyer
Series: Eyewitness disaster; Eyewitness disaster
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781445100586
Subjects: Earthquakes; Juvenile literature; Natural disasters
Description: Provides information about earthquakes through eyewitness accounts from survivors and rescue workers. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is an earthquake?; title: The dangers of earthquakes; title: Earthquake zones; title: Continents collide; title: 'Each village has about 250 houses. All of them are destroyed.'; title: Along the eastern Pacific; title: The San Andreas fault; title: 'It was moving like a wave, just like water.'; title: Eastern Asia and the Pacific plate; title: 'I was flung around like a rag doll.'; title: Undersea earthquakes and tsunamis; title: Measuring and predicting quakes; title: Preparing for earthquakes.