Presentation About Earthquake

Earthquake. What are they  Causes Examples. Shaking of ther surface Size weak – violent Manifest by Shaking Displacement of the ground. ,000 per year Trigger Landslides Volcanic activity Tsunami. Causes. Movement of the. Shaanxi. Devastating 1556 January 23 Shaanxi province, China 830,000 deaths. Deadliest- 1976 Tangshan. Th century 240,000 - Chilean earthquake. May 22 Largest  measured on seismograph magnitude 2x powerful.

500,000 per year Trigger: Landslides Volcanic activity Tsunami.

Movement of the Earth's tectonic plates Human activity: Drilling liquid into wells Coal mining Oil drillling.

May 22 Largest  measured on seismograph 9.5 magnitude 2x powerful .