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    This document discusses earthquakes and their impacts. It begins by explaining that earthquakes are caused by a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust, creating seismic waves. It then notes that earthquakes can cause serious damage to buildings, bridges, and people through shaking, landslides, fires, soil liquefaction, and tsunamis. The document also explains that most natural earthquakes are related to the movement of tectonic plates in the Earth's lithosphere. It concludes by listing some of the effects of earthquakes like shaking, landslides, fires, tsunamis, and impacts on humans, as well as some methods of preparing for and mitigating earthquakes.

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    This document discusses earthquakes and their impacts. It begins by explaining that earthquakes are caused by a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust, creating seismic waves. It then notes that earthquakes can cause serious damage to buildings, bridges, and people through shaking, landslides, fires, soil liquefaction, and tsunamis. The document also explains that most natural earthquakes are related to the movement of tectonic plates in the Earth's lithosphere. It concludes by listing some of the effects of earthquakes like shaking, landslides, fires, tsunamis, and impacts on humans, as well as some methods of preparing for and mitigating earthquakes.

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    This document discusses earthquakes and their impacts. It begins by explaining that earthquakes are caused by a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust, creating seismic waves. It then notes that earthquakes can cause serious damage to buildings, bridges, and people through shaking, landslides, fires, soil liquefaction, and tsunamis. The document also explains that most natural earthquakes are related to the movement of tectonic plates in the Earth's lithosphere. It concludes by listing some of the effects of earthquakes like shaking, landslides, fires, tsunamis, and impacts on humans, as well as some methods of preparing for and mitigating earthquakes.

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    This document discusses earthquakes and their impacts. It begins by explaining that earthquakes are caused by a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust, creating seismic waves. It then notes that earthquakes can cause serious damage to buildings, bridges, and people through shaking, landslides, fires, soil liquefaction, and tsunamis. The document also explains that most natural earthquakes are related to the movement of tectonic plates in the Earth's lithosphere. It concludes by listing some of the effects of earthquakes like shaking, landslides, fires, tsunamis, and impacts on humans, as well as some methods of preparing for and mitigating earthquakes.

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    INTRODUCTION

    An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's


    crust that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes are recorded with a
    seismometer, also known as a seismograph. The moment magnitude of
    an earthquake is conventionally reported, or the related and mostly
    obsolete Richter magnitude, with magnitude 3 or lower earthquakes
    being mostly imperceptible and magnitude 7 causing serious damage
    over large areas.
    EARTHQUAKES CAUSE

    Earthquakes cause damage to buildings, bridges, dams, and people. There can be
    a great loss of lives. It can also create landslides, floods and tsunamis. A
    tsunamis is a Japanese word meaning ''storm wave.'' It can travel very fast, and
    the deeper the water, the faster they travel. As the waves come closer to shore,
    the breakers can be as high as a 12 story building. In 1986 in Japan, entire towns
    of 20,000 people were destroyed. There is a tsunami warning system that gives
    people a chance to get away from the ocean.
    NATURALLY OCCURRING
    EARTHQUAKES

    Most naturally occurring earthquakes are related to the tectonic


    nature of the Earth. Such earthquakes are called tectonic
    earthquakes. The Earth's lithosphere is a patchwork of plates in slow
    but constant motion caused by the release to space of the heat in the
    Earth's mantle and core. The heat causes the rock in the Earth to
    become flow on geological timescales, so that the plates move
    slowly but surely. Plate boundaries lock as the plates move past each
    other, creating frictional stress.
    EFFECTS/IMPACTS OF
    EARTHQUAKES

    Shaking and ground rupture


    Landslides and avalanches
    Fires
    Soil liquefaction
    Tsunamis
    Human impacts
    PREPARATION FOR
    EARTHQUAKES

    Earthquake preparedness
    Household seismic safety
    HurriQuake nail (for resisting hurricanes and earthquakes)
    Seismic retrofit
    Seismic hazard
    Mitigation of seismic motion
    Earthquake prediction

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