Earthquakes

This six minute talk is about

earthquakes in general.
A road after an
earthquake
 Introduction
An earthquake
is a sudden
movement of
the ground.
We are going
to talk to you
about
earthquakes.
The Cause
The Effect
The effects of
earthquakes vary.
This is a result of
a variety of things
such as the
strength of the
earthquake, the
amount of people
in the area and
the level of
development in
the area where
the earthquake
Measuring Earthquakes
The magnitude of earthquakes is
measured with a seismometer.

A
horizontal
seismome
ter
 Did You Know Facts
An
earthquake
drill

Some international schools have

earthquake drills every now and then?
Earthquakes under the ocean cause
tsunamis?
The largest earthquake ever recorded
had a magnitude of 9.5 out of 10 in
southern Chile? Over 2,000 people died
and 2,000,000 were left homeless.
Major Earthquake
Locations
These are some of the major earthquake
locations:

• China (the latest victim of

earthquakes)
• Chile
• Turkey
• America
• Japan
• Indonesia
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Cause
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Questio
ns
What do you measure earthquakes
with?
Seismometers
Earthquakes happen along what?
Plate margins
Where has the latest earthquake in the
world hit?
China
What does magnitude mean?
Size of the earthquake
Where was the largest earthquake
recorded?
Southern Chile
References
Information from:
bennett.karoo.net/topics/earthq
uakes
Pictures from:
images.google.com
Video from:
teachertube.com
Glossary
• Magnitude – size
• Seismometer – a machine used
to measure movement in the
earth’s surface
Natural Disasters Video
Click this link to see video:

Please note that the title is in

French.
Translation of the title: Natural
Disasters
(We are only going to show thirty
seconds of the video. Sorry for
any inconvenience.)
 Thank you for listening
We hope you learnt something
today and hope you have
enjoyed our talk.

Information Pictures found

researched by by Jenny
Caitlin