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Japan's Mega Quake (2011) - Mega Terremoto de Japón (2011)
Japan's Mega Quake (2011) - Mega Terremoto de Japón (2011)
quakes
become locked together
• Outer core Secondary waves
• The plates continue to push against each 2 Felt as side to side
• Inner core other, increasing pressure applied to the fault 2
The crust is broken up into Magma 1 shaking
• When the pressure become too high, the
happen
pieces called tectonic plates. mantle
Currents in the magma mantle
blocks suddenly snap
Hypocentre 3 Surface waves
Travel over the
cause these plates to move in • Built-up energy becomes kinetic and an
earthquake occurs surface of the
different directions.
earth, like ripples in
a pond. Generally
Types of faults cause the worst
A fault is a fracture between two damage because the
blocks of rock. waving motion rocks
Sources : Graphic News, the foundations of
News Reports, USGS • Faults allow the blocks to move
structures.
relative to each other.
RESEARCH: PIERRE-ETIENNE • They can be a few millimetres to Normal fault Reverse fault Strike-slip fault
PARADIS; INFOGRAPHIC BY Crust is being pulled apart. Plate is being compressed. Plates sliding against each other.
JUSTIN STAHLMAN/QMI AGENCY thousands of kilometres long.