earthquake lesson using haiti as a case study
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What are the consequences of earthquakes?
• Revise how earthquakes are measured
• Explore the earthquake at Haiti
• Determine the devastation earthquakes can cause
Quick Quiz!1. What is the Richter scale?
2. What does it measure?
3. How does 9 compare to 1 on the Richter scale?
Haiti
What do you think happened an hour before this photo was taken
What do you think happened an hour after this photo was taken
Haiti
Tuesday, 12 JanuaryA magnitude of 7.0!
The Effects
• Happened 15 miles from the capital (Port-au-Prince, I million people live there!)
• 230,000 killed• 300,000 injured• 1 million homeless!• Hospitals, communications, services
damaged
What are the consequences of earthquakes?
• Revise how earthquakes are measured
• Explore the earthquake at Haiti
• Determine the devastation earthquakes can cause
AMPLITUDE
RICHTER SCALE
EARTHQUAKE
MAGNITUDE
EPICENTRE
HYPOCENTRE
SEISMOGRAPH
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