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What causes earthquakes? How do scientists predict and prepare for them? Discover the answers to these questions and more. Vibrant, full-color photos and bolded glossary terms make each of the book's five chapters engaging and easy to read. Plus, a key stats section lets readers zoom in and learn more. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Zoom is a division of ABDO

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Rocking and Rolling -- Which Fault? -- The Richter Scale -- Haiti in Ruins -- Disaster in Haiti! -- China Quake -- California's Fault -- Deadly Waves -- Looking Below the Earth -- Practice Being Safe -- Glossary -- Index -- Websites -- Back Cover

"Earthquakes can be a slight shake almost no one notices. Or, they can be catastrophic events that level city blocks. In this book, readers learn how and why earthquakes happen as well as how scientists predict and measure them today. Some of the worst earthquakes in history-and their destruction-are discussed, as are safety tips readers can easily remember should they find themselves in an earthquake. Full-color photographs highlight the reality of a terrible earthquake accompanying achievable text full of earth science content"--

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table of Contents -- The Ground Moves! -- Dangerous Earthquakes -- Tracking Disaster -- Earthquake Safety -- I Survived an Earthquake -- Earthquake Facts -- Glossary -- Learn More -- Index -- Photo Acknowledgments -- Back Cover.

Earthquakes can be a slight shake almost no one notices. Or, they can be catastrophic events that level city blocks. In this book, readers learn how and why earthquakes happen as well as how scientists predict and measure them today. Some of the worst earthquakes in history--and their destruction--are discussed, as are safety tips readers can easily remember should they find themselves in an earthquake. Full-color photographs highlight the reality of a terrible earthquake accompanying achievable text full of earth science content.

Intro -- EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI: AFTERMATH CONDITIONS AND CRISIS RESPONSE -- EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI: AFTERMATH CONDITIONS AND CRISIS RESPONSE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 HAITI EARTHQUAKE: CRISIS AND RESPONSE -- Summary -- Current Conditions -- Haitian Government Response -- Humanitarian Relief Operation -- Status of the Relief Operation -- U.S. Response -- U.S. Humanitarian Assistance -- USAID -- Department of Defense11 -- Overall U.S. FY2010 Assistance -- International Response -- Sources of International Humanitarian Assistance -- U.N. Consolidated Appeals Process -- Response of International Financial Institutions12 -- Multilateral Lending -- Debt Relief -- Regional Response -- Implications for Haiti -- Congressional Concerns -- Funding -- Immigration21 -- Constituent Concerns and Private Charities -- Legislation in the 111th Congress -- Appendix A. Exposed Population -- Appendix B. The U.S. Government Emergency Response Mechanism for International Disasters -- Appendix C. How to Search for or Report on Individuals in Haiti -- Regarding U.S. Citizens in Haiti -- Haitian Citizens in the U.S. -- Appendix D. How to Contribute to Relief Efforts -- How to Make Donations -- Volunteer Opportunities -- Appendix E. Links for Further Information -- U.S. Government Agencies -- Department of Defense -- State Department -- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) -- U.S. Geological Survey -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -- White House: Help for Haiti -- Other Resources -- Red Cross Movemen -- The International Committee of the Red Cross -- The Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies -- Haitian Red Cross -- The American Red Cross: -- Caribbean Community (CARICOM) -- Center for International Disaster Information (CIDI) -- European Commission for Humanitarian Aid (ECHO)

Intro -- LARGE EARTHQUAKES: ESTIMATING ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES -- LARGE EARTHQUAKES: ESTIMATING ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: RAPID ESTIMATION OF THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF GLOBAL EARTHQUAKES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF GLOBAL EARTHQUAKES -- Economic Losses due to Earthquakes -- INPUTS FOR ECONOMIC LOSS ESTIMATION -- Atlas of ShakeMap and Population Exposure -- Atlas Estimate of per capita Gross Domestic Product -- Catalog of Economic Losses for Historical Earthquakes -- Economic Exposure -- GDP and Economic Loss -- Inventory‐Based Exposure/Wealth and Economic Loss -- METHODOLOGY -- UNCERTAINTY IN MODEL PARAMETERS -- ESTIMATING FRACTILES OF AN ESTIMATED LOSS -- Estimation of an Earthquake Alert Likelihood for Low Intensity Earthquakes -- REGIONALIZATION SCHEME FOR GLOBAL APPLICATIONS -- Human Development Index -- Climate Classification -- MODEL DEVELOPMENT EXAMPLES -- PAGER IMPLEMENTATION AND LOSS ESTIMATION FOR RECENT EARTHQUAKES -- LIMITATIONS -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES CITED -- Chapter 2: APPENDIX I -- INDEX -- Blank Page.

Since the publication of the successful first edition of Earthquake Protection there have been 110 lethal earthquakes, killing 130 000 people; there have also been significant developments in the field of earthquake risk management, particularly in the modelling and analysis of risk for insurance and financial services. Furthermore, major earthquake disasters, such as the 1994 Northridge earthquake in California, the 1995 Kobe earthquake in Japan and the 1999 Kocaeli earthquake in Turkey have occurred. The experience and knowledge gained through these events have improved our understanding of