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Understanding Earthquakes: Causes, Impacts, and Early Warning Solutions

This PDF offers an insightful overview of earthquakes, explaining what they are, their causes, and the devastating impacts they can have. Learn about the science behind tectonic plates, the role of seismic waves, and how earthquakes are measured. Discover the importance of early warning systems like Clover Alert to help minimize risks and ensure safety during natural disasters. Ideal for educators, students, and safety professionals looking to enhance their knowledge on earthquake preparedness.

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Understanding Earthquakes: Causes, Impacts, and Early Warning Solutions

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  1. what are earthquakes? Looking at Natural Disasters what are earthquakes?

  2. Learning Points Learning Points Describe the key causes of an earthquake. Identify the impacts of an earthquake. State what an earthquake is.

  3. what is an earthquake? what is an earthquake? An earthquake can be described as the sudden intense shaking of the ground.

  4. what causes an earthquake? what causes an earthquake? The earth is made up of tectonic plates that constantly move. As the plates move, they cause stresses on the earths crust. The stresses build up when the earths tectonic plates become stuck, creating cracks in the earths surface known as faults. Eventually, this pressure is suddenly released, causing the earth to shake.

  5. earthquake facts earthquake facts seismic wave seismic wave epicentre epicentre focus focus The focus is the point inside the earths crust where the earthquake started. Energy is released from the earthquake in seismic waves. The epicentre is the point on the surface directly above the focus and the energy is the most powerful here.

  6. Measuring earthquakes Measuring earthquakes Earthquakes are measured on a scale called the Richter scale (one being the weakest and ten being the strongest). The power of the earthquake is measured using a machine called a seismometer.

  7. earthquake factors earthquake factors Size of the earthquake Depth of the focus Population density Development of the area Time of day Distance from epicentre

  8. earthquake impacts earthquake impacts Ground Shaking Injury/Death Landslides Economic Cost Tsunamis Fires Liquefaction Building Damage

  9. what are earthquakes? End of the Presentation what are earthquakes?

  10. Thank You Thank You For More Information Contact Us Mail: info@cloveralert.com Website: Clover Alert

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