Materials Hazard Descriptions Hurricanes Tornadoes Floods Volcanoes Tsunamis Earthquakes Coastal Erosion EARTHQUAKES An earthquake is a sudden, rapid shaking of the earth caused by the breaking and shifting of rock beneath the earth's surface.
(Materials Hazard; is; a sudden, rapid shaking of the earth caused by the breaking and shifting of rock beneath the earth's surface) (a sudden, rapid shaking of the earth; caused; by the breaking and shifting of rock beneath the earth's surface)
Materials Hazard a sudden, rapid shaking of the earth
is caused
a sudden, rapid shaking of the earth caused by the breaking and shifting of rock beneath the earth's surface
by the breaking and shifting of rock beneath the earth's surface