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Shensi Earthquake

Shensi Earthquake. By Allanah Mackenzie. Shensi earthquake .

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Shensi Earthquake

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  1. Shensi Earthquake By Allanah Mackenzie

  2. Shensi earthquake • This earthquake (457 years ago on January the 23rd 1556) happened in Shensi (china). More than 830,000 people are estimated to have been killed. Damage was reported as far away as 500 miles. In most towns walls collapsed, nearly all houses collapsed and many of the towns reported cracks in the ground (called fissures) with water gushing out. This disaster is still considered the deadliest of all time.

  3. What is an earthquake? Earthquakes are the shaking, rolling or sudden shock of the earth’s surface. They are the Earth's natural means of releasing stress. More than a million earthquakes rattle the world each year. Earthquakes can be felt over large areas although they usually last less than one minute. Earthquakes cannot be predicted - although scientists are working on it.

  4. What is an earthquake? Earthquakes are the shaking, rolling or sudden shock of the earth’s surface. They are the Earth's natural means of releasing stress. More than a million earthquakes rattle the world each year. Earthquakes can be felt over large areas although they usually last less than one minute. Earthquakes cannot be predicted - although scientists are working on it.

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  6. Facts • Earthquakes are caused by movements of plates underneath the Earth's surface. The places where these plates meet are breaks in the Earth's crust called faults. Earthquakes often happen when these plates along the faults move in different directions. These shifting plates create energy that is called seismic waves. These waves move outward just like waves that are formed by a disturbance in a body of water (picture the rings in a lake when you throw in a pebble).

  7. Earthquake Waves

  8. Tsunamis • If their is water above a fault it will cause a tsunami to happen if their is houses or land above it will be an earthquake.

  9. Facts • It is important in countries that have a lot of earthquakes such as Japan to build houses and buildings that react well to earthquakes.

  10. Facts • Earthquakes don't kill people. People's houses in the midst of earthquakes sometimes kill people because parts of buildings fall on them.

  11. Thank you for Watching By Allanah Mackenzie Hope you enjoyed! 

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