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Earthquakes. / World Books.

Material type: TextTextSeries: World Book's library of natural disastersPublication details: Chicago, IL : World Book, Inc., 2018.Edition: 3rd editionDescription: 56 pages; colour illustrations; 27.5 cmISBN:
  • 9780716699316
  • 0716699311
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.34/95 23
LOC classification:
  • QE521.3 .E275 2018
Contents:
What is an earthquake? -- Drifting plates -- The San Francisco earthquake -- Seismic waves -- Earthquake scales -- What happens during an earthquake? -- The Armenian earthquake of 1988 -- Earthquake and fire in Tokyo -- The Kobe earthquake -- Sinking into the earth -- The Mexico City earthquake -- Tsunamis -- Japanese earthquake and tsunami -- The Lisbon earthquake of 1755 -- Landslides and floods -- Avalanche in the andes -- The Tangshan earthquake -- An earthquake in the Himalayas -- The Chilean earthquake -- Monitoring and predicting earthquakes -- Sichuan earthquake -- Preparing for earthquakes -- Haiti earthquake.
Summary: "A discussion of earthquakes, describing their characteristics, formation, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant earthquakes from history"--
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Junior Non-Fiction Junior Non-Fiction Pop-Up Library Junior Non-Fiction Children &Young Adults Section 363.3495 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A00744813
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363.34923 Tornadoes. / 363.34925 Blizzards. / 363.3494 Tsunamis & seiches. / 363.3495 Earthquakes. / 363.3495 Volcanoes. / 363.378 Firefighters / 363.379 Wildfires. /

Includes index.

What is an earthquake? -- Drifting plates -- The San Francisco earthquake -- Seismic waves -- Earthquake scales -- What happens during an earthquake? -- The Armenian earthquake of 1988 -- Earthquake and fire in Tokyo -- The Kobe earthquake -- Sinking into the earth -- The Mexico City earthquake -- Tsunamis -- Japanese earthquake and tsunami -- The Lisbon earthquake of 1755 -- Landslides and floods -- Avalanche in the andes -- The Tangshan earthquake -- An earthquake in the Himalayas -- The Chilean earthquake -- Monitoring and predicting earthquakes -- Sichuan earthquake -- Preparing for earthquakes -- Haiti earthquake.

"A discussion of earthquakes, describing their characteristics, formation, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant earthquakes from history"--

Age 5-11.

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