Earthquake disasters
By: John Hawkins
Series: Catastrophe!
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781445110165
Subjects: Earthquakes; Juvenile literature; Natural disasters; Social aspects
Description: "This book examines modern and historical earthquakes and explores their impact on communities and the environment. It also looks at how scientists predict earthquakes and what we can do to protect ourselves from them." --Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.

Key Stage 3.
Table of contents: title: What is an earthquake?; title: Moving lands; title: Why earthquakes happen; title: Predicting earthquakes; title: Disaster strikes Japan, 2011; title: Collapse in Haiti, 2010; title: China's devastating quakes; title: A Turkish tragedy, 526 CE; title: Mount St Helens shakes, 1980; title: Destruction of Tangshan, 1976; title: 'Messina is no more.' 1908; title: Armenia in crisis, 1988; title: Guatemala landslides, 1976; title: San Francisco in flames, 1906; title: Kashmir catastrophe, 2005; title: Looking to the future; title: Timeline.