Year 5 Earthquake Research Report

Research some major historical earthquakes and create a report about one.

Please include:

·         Title

·         What are earthquakes? Where do they most commonly occur?

·         Where did it happen? (county and continent, or ocean area, maybe a map if you have time)

·         When did it happen?

·         What was the Richter scale reading?

·         How far below the Earth’s surface did it happen?

·         Who was affected? (Were people hurt? Were there any fatalities?)

·         Describe the damage caused. (Did the earthquake create other issues?)

·         What could have caused the earthquake? (consider its geographical position in regards to tectonic plates)

·         Any other interesting or significant facts that you would like to include.                 

Please limit the report to two pages (including pictures).

DO NOT copy and paste any written information from websites.

You have two lessons to complete this task and print it.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

EARTHQUAKES - Great Websites

Biggest earthquakes ever:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/10_largest_world.php

http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/the-10-biggest-earthquakes-in-recorded-history.htm


Live earthquake data: 

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/





 
 

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