Earthquakes! By Boom

Mexico city• After the 1985

Mexico city earthquake, rescuers found 58 newborn babies alive in the rubble! Some of the babies had been buried for up to a week.

Famous ring of fire earthquakes1. Shensi, China2. Hokkaido, Japan3. Ecuador/Columbia4. San Francisco5. Tokyo, Japan6. Chillan, Chile7. Anchorage, Alaska8. Peru9. Mexico city10. San Francisco11. Kobe, Japan

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THE RING OF FIRE• One of the most active Earthquake

regions are around the Pacific Ocean. The plates below the ocean are constantly rubbing those of the continents alongside them.

GO FACT 1. The Indian Ocean

earthquake was the second biggest earthquake recorded in the history. It generated the most devastating in the history

Glossary1. Aftershocks smaller

earthquakes following a major quake

2. Tremors very small earthquakes

3. Seismographs instruments that measure the strength of an earthquake