Earthquakes

By Hakan Erden

What is your natural disaster?

Earthquakes

What causes your natural disaster?

Video that explains how earthquakes take place

Earthquakes are caused by tectonic plates that get stuck at each others edges due to friction, and when the stress on the edge overcomes the friction, an earthquake occurs.

What are 3 most dangerous examples of your natural disaster?

On January 12, 2010, there was a magnitude 7 earthquake in Haiti. This earthquake ended up killing 220,000 people, and making more than 1 million people homeless.
On February 6, 2023, there was a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit both Turkey and Syria. Over 20,000 people were killed as a result of this earthquake, many more were left homeless, and thousands of buildings were destroyed.

On May 12, 2008, there was a magnitude 7.9 earthquake in the Sichuan basin in China. This earthquake killed thousands of people, and left millions homeless.

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How is your biome impacted by your natural disaster?

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Earthquakes can destroy lots of trees, but they can and also freshen up the environment.

How is your organism impacted by your natural disaster?

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Mosquitoes are able to get food more easily whenever earthquakes occur, due to more people being outside and in crowded shelter areas.

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Citations

What is an earthquake and what causes them to happen? | U.S. Geological Survey. (2021, December 31). https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-earthquake-and-what-causes-them-happen
Npr. (2020, January 12). Haiti in ruins: A look back at the 2010 earthquake. NPR. https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2020/01/12/794939899/haiti-in-ruins-a-look-back-at-the-2010-earthquake
Schmitz, R. (2023, February 9). With over 20,000 dead, hopes fade for finding Turkey and Syria quake survivors. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2023/02/09/1155634141/with-over-19-000-dead-hopes-fade-for-finding-turkey-and-syria-quake-survivors
Stress changes from the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake and increased hazard in the Sichuan basin | U.S. Geological Survey. (n.d.). https://www.usgs.gov/publications/stress-changes-2008-wenchuan-earthquake-and-increased-hazard-sichuan-basin
Earthquakes impact forest resilience for decades post-event, research suggests (phys.org)
https://www.publish.csiro.au/MA/pdf/MA23058#:~:text=Earthquakes%20and%20floods%20can%20affect,depending%20on%20the%20local%20mosquito
Let'stute. (2020, April 20). How does Earthquake happen? | Earthquake explained using #3D Simulator | Physics Simulator -Letstute [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqqqSnaTfQo