Title:
The worst earthquakes of all time / by Mary Englar ; consultant, Susan L. Cutter.
ISBN:
9781429696654
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
North Mankato, Minn. : Capstone Press, [2021]
©2012
Physical Description:
1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps.
General Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Contents:
Earth-splitting natural disasters -- Trouble in Haiti -- Top of the scale -- The deadliest earthquake in history -- Shaky ground -- The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 -- High in the mountains -- Powerful earthquake, deadly tsunami -- Brief but deadly -- Quake in the night -- The Good Friday earthquake -- Disasters in Japan -- Living with earthquakes.
Summary:
Lists and describes the damage caused by some of the most destructive earthquakes on record, from a 1556 earthquake in China that killed more than 830,000 people to the 2010 earthquake that struck Haiti.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR-ATOS MG 5.6 0.5 148371.
Genre:
Electronic Access:
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Interest grade level:
4-7.
Audience:
IG 810 Lexile.
Reading level:
5.6.
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