Earthquakes

Question 1

What is an earthquake

Answer 1

An earthquake is a sudden shaking and movement from the earth. They are caused from a transform plate boundary when a plate slips along a crack called a fault line the pressure releases and causes the earthquake eg. The San Andreas fault line

Question 2

What is the focus

Answer 2

The focus is the point inside the earths crust where the earthquake starts

Question 3

What is a shockwave/tremor

Answer 3

A shock wave or tremors travel out from the focus

Question 4

What is the epicentre

Answer 4

The place on the earths surface directly above the focus is called the epicentre, it is where most damage happens

Question 5

Where do earthquakes occur

Answer 5

Where plates collide and where plates slide past eachother

Question 6

What locations do earthquakes usually happen

Answer 6

• Hotspots
• Pacific ring of fire Japan, California
• Himalayas Nepal, china
• The Mediterranean, turkey , Italy

Question 7

What is the Richter scale

Answer 7

The Richter scale is a scale that measures the strength of an earthquakes it goes from 0 to 10

Question 8

What does magnitude mean

Answer 8

The strength of the earthquake

Question 9

Social impact of an earthquake

Answer 9

1. Injury or death people can be killed or injured from falling, debris or collapsing objects

Question 10

Economic impacts

Answer 10

Destruction of property building etc. the repairs to damage of buildings can be costly and take a lot of time to repair