It's another normal day in Alaska, where the beauty of the rugged landscape makes the hardships of winter worth enduring. This Northern life is good, you think, when suddenly--withoutwarning--your world is ROCKED! The ground sways beneath your feet with sickening force. You've just been caught in the second strongest earthquake inhistory!
"Witness to Disaster: Earthquakes" uses eyewitness accounts and pulse-racing narrative to bring readers into the terrifying heart of an earthquake. The firstchapter documents the 1964 Alaskan quake that shook Prince William Sound with a 9.2 magnitude force, and set off a tsunami that ultimately caused most of the deaths attributed to this frightening act of nature. Thefollowing chapters explore the deadly history of earthquakes and the seismic and geological science of this phenomenon. Readers learn how and why earthquakes occur, and what scientists can do to prevent casualties. Theexpansive back matter includes a list of sources to discover more about these fearsome catastrophes.
- ISBN13 9781426309793
- Publish Date 6 September 2017 (first published 8 April 2008)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Publish Country US
- Imprint National Geographic Kids
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 48
- Language English
- URL http://harpercollins.co.uk