earthquakes

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Predicting earthquakes

2007
Presents a brief study of earthquakes, how scientists are able to predict earthquake activity, and ways to protect people in the event of an earthquake or tsunami.

ESCAPING THE GIANT WAVE

2009
When an earthquake creates a tsunami while thirteen-year-old Kyle is babysitting his sister during a family vacation at a Pacific Coast resort, he tries to save himself, his sister, and a boy who has bullied him for years.

Earthquakes

2007
Presents, in graphic novel format, a description of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the 1995 earthquake in Kobe, Japan, and the 2005 earthquake in Kashmir, Pakistan.

Eyewitness natural disasters

1997
Explores the forces that shape the planet and the lives of its inhabitants. Rare footage captures the violence of natural disasters, from hurricanes to volcanoes.

Eyewitness volcano

1996
This production explores volcanoes and earthquakes.

Earth shock

hurricanes, volcanoes, earthquakes, tornadoes and other forces of nature
1993

Earthquake

1980
Discusses the causes, effects, measurement, and prediction of earhquakes. Includes information on earthquake-related problems and how people cope with them.
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Earthquakes

1993
An introduction to earthquakes, describing their causes and effects, how they are measured and studied, and ways of protecting people during an earthquake.

The great shaking

an account of the earthquakes of 1811 and 1812 by a bear who was a witness, New Madrid, Arkansas
1994
A bear who was there describes three earthquakes in Missouri, in 1811 and 1812, and their aftermath.

I survived the San Francisco earthquake, 1906

2012
Ten-year-old Leo loves being a newsboy in San Francisco --but early one spring morning in 1906 Leo's world is shaken, when he finds himself stranded in the middle of San Francisco as it crumbles and burns to the ground.

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