Hello my name is Saber and this term we are learning about earthquakes.
Earthquakes are formed when tectonic plates move.
Then an earthquake starts and you can see how powerful an earthquake is on the richter scale. There can be a 1 that means that it’s unnoticeable and 10 that means it’s really deadly.
Here is a link to an earthquake website link here.
Did you know the largest earthquake ever recorded was in 1960 in Chili. The New Zealand earthquake happened in 2011, in Christchurch.
When an earthquake happens under water a tsunami happens.
Did you know there are 17 or more earthquakes that happen every day?
In a year more than 2000 earthquakes happen.
Earthquakes occur in the crust or upper mantle, from the earth’s surface to about 400 miles below the surface. But the very deepest earthquakes only occur at subduction zones where cold crustal rock is being pushed deep into the earth.