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- The Earthquake
- Written By Ali CristobalIllustrations from Storyboard ThatInformation fromBritannica Kids National Geographic
- One day Peter was sitting at his desk in his room... Suddenly he felt shaking and his stuff started to fall off his shelves.
- Oh No!! It's an earthquake!!
- What's an earthquake? Well...
- An earthquake is when tectonic plates on Earth's crust move and hit each other.
- Tectonic plates are always moving and colliding on Earth's surface, most of the time we just don't feel it because the collisions are so small.
- Overtime, when enough pressure builds up, the plates can shift in a fault.
- Earthquake's occur all around the world but, mainly around The Ring of Fire.
- The Ring of Fire surrounds many tectonic plates. This causes the most powerful earthquakes in the world!
- "Around 90% of earthquakes occur around the Ring of Fire."
- FUN FACT:
- Earthquakes are measured by something called a seismograph.
- A seismograph measures an earthquake from a scale of 1-12. This is called The Mercalli scale which measures the destruction caused by the earthquake.
- Another scale used by a seismograph is called the Richter scale. The Richter scale measures the amount of energy released by an earthquake. The highest energy ever recored was 9.5!
- Earthquakes happen all over the world!
- THE END!
- I hope you enjoyed learning with me!
- Earth's Crust: The outermost shell of the planetFault: A fracture between two different pieces of rock.Pressure: The amount of force acting on an area
- Glossary:
- Glossary Continued:
- Tectonic Plates: Massive pieces of Earth's crustThe Ring of Fire: A chain of active volcanoes and earthquakes
- Bye!
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