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Mexico City is subject to intense earth tremors because the city is built upon the loose soil of ancient lake beds. The Torre Mayor, a tall office building in Mexico City, was built with giant “shock absorbers” that are intended to resist earthquakes.
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Ducksters explains basic issues related to earthquakes such as Where do earthquakes happen?, Foreshocks and Aftershocks, Epicenters and Hypocenters and Can scientists predict earthquakes?, etc.
This Britannica article claimed that the 2004 tsunami killed at least 225,000 people across a dozen countries, with Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Maldives, and Thailand sustaining massive damage...
An international team of scientists has found evidence suggesting the dehydration of minerals deep below the ocean floor influenced the severity of the Sumatra earthquake, which took place on Dec. 26, 2004. Read this article for more info...
There are about 1,500 potentially active volcanoes worldwide, aside from the continuous belts of volcanoes on the ocean floor at spreading centers like the Mid-Atlantic Ridge...Learn more about from the U.S. Geological Survey...
Mount Pinatubo is a stratovolcano on Luzon in the Philippines. The volcano erupted in June 1991, destroying thousands of buildings and houses and killing over 800 people...Read more from this website...
What is a deep-ocean tsunami detection buoy? How do they work and where are they placed? This website is for adults but easy to understand. It also has links to more complex explanations...
This short article in Scientific American explains how early warning systems work. The facts presented are a little complicated but accessible for grade 7 students...
Lisbon earthquake of 1755, series of earthquakes that occurred on the morning of Nov. 1, 1755, causing serious damage to the port city of Lisbon, Port., and killing an estimated 60,000 people in Lisbon alone...
