EarthquakesExamines the phenomenon of earthquakes, describing how and where they occur, how they can be predicted, and how much damage they can inflict. |
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Seymour Simon. DAMAGE None Minor Moderate Major Earthquake Zones in the Continental United States San Andreas Fault PACIFIC PLATE East Pacific NORTH AMERICAN PLATE.
Seymour Simon. DAMAGE None Minor Moderate Major Earthquake Zones in the Continental United States San Andreas Fault PACIFIC PLATE East Pacific NORTH AMERICAN PLATE.
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Seymour Simon. San Andreas Fault PACIFIC PLATE East Pacific NORTH AMERICAN PLATE Rise Earthquakes Around the World SOUTH NAZCA PLATE AMERICAN PLATE SCOTIA PL Mid AFRICAN PLATE Atlantic Ridge EURASIAN PLATE H ANTARCTIC PLATE PACIFIC PLATE ...
Seymour Simon. San Andreas Fault PACIFIC PLATE East Pacific NORTH AMERICAN PLATE Rise Earthquakes Around the World SOUTH NAZCA PLATE AMERICAN PLATE SCOTIA PL Mid AFRICAN PLATE Atlantic Ridge EURASIAN PLATE H ANTARCTIC PLATE PACIFIC PLATE ...
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... North American plate , which is slowly moving into the Pacific plate . The colliding plates are what causes most of the earthquakes along the West Coast . But earthquakes can occur anywhere there are stresses in underlying rocks . The ...
... North American plate , which is slowly moving into the Pacific plate . The colliding plates are what causes most of the earthquakes along the West Coast . But earthquakes can occur anywhere there are stresses in underlying rocks . The ...
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aftershocks Alaska ANTARCTIC PLATE beneath built cause close cracked damage deep Desert destroyed destruction Dozens dropped earth earth's crust earthquake ever recorded earthquakes take place East effects energy enormous feet felt float focus four Friday ground happened heavy high building houses huge hundreds instruments Intensity Japan killed land larger layer Major Earthquake Zones mantle Marina district medium-sized ments Mercali Mexico City miles million minutes move movement is called NORTH AMERICAN PLATE notice offset Pacific Ocean PACIFIC PLATE Pacific Ring quakes occur quicksand RELEASED Richter Scale Ridge Ring of Fire rocks San Andreas Fault San Francisco sand boils Scale to measure School Scientists cientists Sections seismograph shocks shook shows side slight slip slowly soil solid Sometimes SOUTH southern California speeds Stay STRESS stretched strike suffered sured thousand tion tremor turn United violent earthquake waves weeks West Coast World