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Earthquakes
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Two types of crust “float” on the upper mantle: oceanic crust (heavier, sinks lower) continental crust (lighter, floats higher)
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Three types of plate convergence oceanic – continental oceanic – oceanic continental - continental
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Oceanic – continental plate convergence Nazca plate – South America plate
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Oceanic – oceanic plate convergence New Hebrides Trench near Vanuatu
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Continental – continental plate convergence India/Eurasia plate collision (forms Himalayan Mountains)
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Earthquake Motion
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Historical seismic activity in Canada
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1906 San Francisco Earthquake
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Mercalli Richter
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1964 Alaska earthquake damage map: modified Mercalli scale III - IV V VI VII VIII - X
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Liquefaction and slumping Anchorage, Alaska - 1964
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Earthquake-proof buildings
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Is a major earthquake in California, Alaska or Japan of any concern thousands of kilometers away, in Hawaii?
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Tsunami (seismic wave)
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The power of a tsunami
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