The earthquakes around the world

Earthquakes can sometimes make a lot of trouble and can kill people and can make

buildings topple on people. So that is sad. We are going to help the people that have

had earthquakes before. I know what it feels like. It is horrible! I've had it happened ONCE.

WHAT IS AN EARTHQUAKE Earthquakes happen when the moving of the tectonic plates that make up the surface of the earth moves apart or bump into each other, or slide under each other. This movement tears apart the surface of the earth, or crunches it up. Most often this just means it’s a little shaky for a few seconds and nothing very serious happens.

What causes an earthquake

Earthquakes are caused when the tension is released from the rocks in the earth’s crust and upper mantle. This tension is due to fiction between what scientists believe are large plates floating on magma on the earth’s surface. Sometimes earthquakes happened when the rocks in the earth’s crust bend and break. This causes shock waves to travel on the earth’s surface resulting in widespread destruction.

Study one specific earthquake

• Beijing – An earthquake toppled more than 1,000 houses and apartment

buildings in China’s southwest near the border with Myanmar killing at

least 25 people and injuring 250, the government said that it happened on the 15th June 2011. The government

also said that more than 25 fire fighters came and helped the people that mostly lost there children. Some

children lost their parents so they had to go to other people who

actually survived the earthquake.

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By Aaliyah