Earthquake Key Terms

Earthquakes are caused by the emovement of tectonic plates and are most serious at plate boundaries and even worse at destructive and conservative plate margins.

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1. The scale used to measure the strenght of an earthquake by eyewitnesses

  • Seismometer
  • Mercalli Scale
  • Richter Scale
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2. Happen a few hours or days after the event

  • Secondary Effects
  • Primary Effects
  • Secondary Responses

3. Sudden shaking of the Earth's crust

  • Earthquake
  • Focus
  • Epicentre

4. Rebuild houses, roads, railways and ports

  • Primary Effects
  • Long Term Respones
  • Short Term Resopnses

5. Things that happen straight away e.g. buildings collapse, deaths

  • Primary Responses
  • Primary Effects
  • Secondary Effects

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Mr A Gibson

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Useful - makes you think! Key terminology hidden in the questions.

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Noice

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