CHRISTIAN+SCHAEFER+Maharashtra,+India,+1993

Maharashtra, India, 1993

Team Members: CHRISTIAN SCHAEFER

Directions: Answer the following questions using complete sentences.

1. Which areas of the world are more vulnerable to earthquakes and why? the areas that are most vulnerable to have earthquakes are places near fault lines.

2. What are the major problems dealing with earthquakes in the different areas? there might be a lot of damage being done when there is an earthquake

3. Is there a successful way to predict earthquakes? Explain. yes there is a successful way to predict earthquakes and that is watching the rate of strain.

4. What causes earthquakes to occur? Earthqueakes are caused by two reasons. the frist is eurptioning valcones and the second is disturbing movenent in the plates.

5. What is your earthquake? Where is it found (Ex: northern China)? Maharashtra, It was found in Badnapur.

6. How long did the earthquake last? The earthquake lasted 12 hours.

7. What was the earthquake’s magnitude on the Richter scale? It was an 8.5 on the richter scale.

8. What was the area like? (city, farmland, industrial, . . ) The earth quake hit villages.

9. How large was the population of people living in the area at the time of the earthquake? The population at the time was 1,14,58,145.

10. What tectonic plate(s) were involved in this earthquake? (Use p664) The asian plate was involved in the earth quake.

11. How many people were killed? Injured? Missing?

12. What is the estimated cost in damage?

13. What were the effects on the nearby community? Property damage?

14. Have other earthquakes occurred at this location?

15. Other interesting information I found:

16. What is the most effective way to prepare for an earthquake? Where is the safest place to be inside your house? Where is the safest place to be outside?

Websites: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/what-causes-earthquake.html