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EARTHQUAKES - Coggle Diagram
EARTHQUAKES
CAUSES
Volcanoes
Plate Tectonics
Folding and Faulting
Man-made causes
MEASUREMENT
Seismograph
Richter Scale
Mercalli scale
DISTRIBUTION OF EARTHQUAKES
Circum Pacific Mountain Belt
The Midworld Mountain Belt
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge
EFFECTS
CONSTRUCTIVE EFFECTS
Energy Release
Landforms
DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS
Collapse of structures
Submergence
Course of Rivers
Danger to human life
Landslides and Fires
Tsunami
Flash Floods
PREDICTION OF EARTHQUAKES
Theory of Plate Tectonics
Japanese use methods of measuring changes in sea level and variations in Earth's magnetic field to predict earthquakes
DEFINITION
An earthquake is defined as a tremor below the surface of the earth which causes shaking of the crust.