Johanna Wagstaffe - Fault Lines

African Plate,

aftershocks,

aid workers, . See also rescue workers

Alaska,

Anatolian Plate,

animals: pets,

Arabian Plate,

asteroids,

astronauts,

astronomers,

atomic bomb,

atmosphere, study of,

Australia,

avalanches,

body waves,

boundaries. See plate boundaries

British Columbia,

Bromo volcano,

buildings: codes,

Burma Plate,

California,

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (cbc),

Canadian Disaster Assitance Response Team (DART),

Caribbean Plate,

Cascadia Subduction Zone,

Chile,

China,

Christchurch, New Zealand,

Cocos Plate,

collapsed buildings,

community/neighbors,

construction, of buildings,

continental collision,

continental plates,

convection,

convergent boundaries, . See also plate boundaries

core, of Earth,

crust, of Earth,

damage, from earthquakes,

dams,

deaths, from earthquakes,

disease, spread of,

divergent boundaries, . See also plate boundaries

dogs, as rescuers,

donations, earthquake relief,

drawback, tsunami,

drills, safety,

drones,

early warning systems. See warning systems

Earth: images of,

Earthquake Engineering Research Facility,

earthquakes: biggest,

Earthquake Hazards Program,

Earthquakes Canada,

Ecuador,

emergency contact,

emergency crews. See rescue workers

emergency kits,

emergency response plan,

energy: conservation,

engineers,

epicenters,

Eurasian Plate,

evacuations,

explosions: nuclear,

faults,

fear, . See also safety

Fenrir, Norse river monster,

fires

first aid,

First Nations folklore,

floods, ,

food,

foreshocks,

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant,

geography,

geologists,

geology,

Global Positioning System (gps),

Glck, Turkey,

Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill,

Haiti,

Hanami (cherry blossom festival),

helicopters,

Himalayas, mountains,

Hiroshi, Mr.,

Hiroshima, Japan,

homelessness,

Hurricane Sandy,

hypocenter,

Iceland,

Indian Ocean,

Indian Plate,

Indonesia,

International Space Station,

iodine pills,

injuries, . See also first aid; loss of life

Ishinomaki, Japan,

Istanbul, Turkey,

Izmit, Turkey,

Japan: A-Bomb Dome,

Johansen, Freya,

Juan de Fuca Plate,

Kathmandu, Nepal,

Klyuchevskoy volcano,

Kora, Eszter (authors grandmother),

Kyoto, Japan,

landslides,

lava,

liquefaction,

Lisbon, Portugal,

logarithmic scales,

Loma Prieta earthquake,

Los Angeles, CA,

loss of life,

magma,

magnitude,

Mahoney, Ria and Hiroko,

mantle, of Earth,

Meckering, Australia,

megathrust earthquakes,

meteorologists,

meteorology,

Mexico,

Mid-Atlantic Ridge,

moment magnitude scale,

mountains: earthquake zones,

mudslides, . See also avalanches; landslides

mythology,

natural disasters,

Nazca Plate,

neighbors/community,

Nepal,

news: reporting of,

New Zealand,

Norse mythology,

North American Plate,

North Korea,

Notre Dame Regional Secondary School,

nuclear: disaster,

oceanic crust,

oceanic plates,

Pacific Ocean,

Pacific Plate,

Parkfield, CA,

Perth, Australia,

planets, earthquakes on other,

plate boundaries,

Pokhara, Nepal,

Port-au-Prince, Haiti,

power outages,

pressure: air,

primary (P) waves,

Queen Charlotte Fault,

radiation, nuclear,

radio/television broadcasts,

recovery efforts, . See also aid workers; rescue workers

refugees,

reporters,

rescue workers, . See also aid workers

research,

retrofitting, . See also seismic upgrading

Richter, Charles F.,

Richter scale,

Ring of Fire,

rupture zone,

Russia,

safety: building codes, . See also warning systems

San Andreas fault,

sand,

sandbags,

San Francisco,

satellite images,

science: explaining,

secondary (S) waves, . See also seismic waves

seismic stations,

seismic upgrading,

seismic waves, . See also primary (P) waves; secondary (S) waves

seismograms

seismologists,

seismology,

seismometers,

Sendai Airport, Japan,

ShakeAlert,

shaking, from earthquake: cause of, . See also aftershocks; foreshocks; seismic waves

shelters,

social media, as a tool,

soil,

South American Plate,

Sylemez, Esra,

space station. See International Space Station

starquakes,

storms,

stress: build-up of,

subduction zone,

Sumatra, Indonesia,

surface, of Earth,

surface waves,

survivors, . See also loss of life

technology: cell phones,

tectonic plates: African Plate,

Thailand,

TNT,

Tohoku earthquake,

Tokyo, Japan,

transform boundaries,

tree rings,

Tropical Storm Isaac,

tsunamis: description of,

Turkey,

University of British Columbia,

Urban Search and Rescue Task Force,

US Geological Survey,

Utah,

Vancouver, BC,

Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services,

Vancouver Island,

Victoria, BC,

volcanoes,

volunteers,

Wagstaffe, Johanna (author): family of,

Wagstaffe, Piroska (authors mother),

warning systems,

water: cycle, . See also floods; liquefaction; tsunamis

waves, ocean,

waves, seismic,

weather,

World War II,

zones: collision,

Text copyright 2017 Johanna Wagstaffe

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Wagstaffe, Johanna, author
Fault lines : understanding the power of earthquakes / Johanna Wagstaffe.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Issued in print and electronic formats.
ISBN 978-1-4598-1243-7 (hardcover).ISBN 978-1-4598-1244-4 (pdf).
ISBN 978-1-4598-1245-1 (epub)

1. EarthquakesJuvenile literature. I. Title.
qe534.3.w34 2017 j551.22 c2017-900850-1
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First published in the United States, 2017
Library of Congress Control Number: 2017933023

Summary: This fully illustrated, nonfiction book for middle readers focuses on earthquakes, how they happen and what you need to know.

Orca Book Publishers gratefully acknowledges the support for its publishing programs provided by the following agencies: the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund and the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Province of British Columbia through the BC Arts Council and the Book Publishing Tax Credit.

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