Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Earthquakes
- What is an earthquake?
- Is a sudden movement within the earth
- Which boundaries are they found?
- Constructive
- Destructive
- Collision
- Conservative
- What to do when describing a pattern & location
- Direction
- Scale
- Plate Names
- Protect / Predict / Prepare
- Protect
- Earthquake proof buildings
- MEDC
- Cross Bracing
- Shock Absorbers
- Computer counter weights
- Deep foundations
- LEDC
- Bamboo Construction
- Hollow Bricks
- Recycled Foundations
- Predict
- Seismographs
- Animal Behaviour
- Tiltimeter
- Patterns in previous earthquakes
- Prepare
- Building Codes
- Earthquake drills
- Emergency Procedures
- Disaster plan
- Educate
- Effects
- Primary
- Death / Injury / Damage to
buildings / Damage to
Infrastructure / Water, Gas &
Electricity broken / Damage to homes
- Secondary
- Fires / Diseases /
Homelessness / Lack
medical care & food /
Economic effects -
loss of jobs & cost to
repair / Floods /
Insurance