Strong earthquakes can kill or hurt people. This also depends on how prepared a place is for an earthquake.
Earthquakes can shake buildings so much that they fall or split open. It can cost a lot to rebuild these. If people are inside, this may cause death or injury.
Earthquakes can split open roads, making it difficult for people to leave, find shelter or food and find friends and family.
Fires can start when broken gas pipes meet with an electrical spark. This can damage buildings and injure people.
The shaking of the earth can cause huge chunks of land to fall away from the hills or mountains and crush people and buildings below. If it rains, these can turn into dangerous mudslides.
When the ground shakes, all the pipes and wires underneath can burst open or be ripped apart. This means that people may not have clean water, gas or electricity in their homes.
If an earthquake happens under the sea, a tsunami can occur, flooding cities. These can also harm people and destroy buildings.
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What damage can earthquakes cause?
Strong earthquakes can kill or hurt people. This also depends on how prepared a place is for an earthquake.
Earthquakes can shake buildings so much that they fall or split open. It can cost a lot to rebuild these. If people are inside, this may cause death or injury.
Earthquakes can split open roads, making it difficult for people to leave, find shelter or food and find friends and family.
Fires can start when broken gas pipes meet with an electrical spark. This can damage buildings and injure people.
The shaking of the earth can cause huge chunks of land to fall away from the hills or mountains and crush people and buildings below. If it rains, these can turn into dangerous mudslides.
When the ground shakes, all the pipes and wires underneath can burst open or be ripped apart. This means that people may not have clean water, gas or electricity in their homes.
If an earthquake happens under the sea, a tsunami can occur, flooding cities. These can also harm people and destroy buildings.
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©2022 Kapow Primary
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How can people prepare for an earthquake?
Seismometer
Practise drills
Shelters
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Swaying structures
Rubber blocks on the bottom of buildings
Plastic in windows
Shorter buildings
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