Provides information about earthquakes, explaining why and where they occur, looking at what happens during an earthquake, and discussing earthquake measurement, prediction, preparation, and survival.
Presents a collection of stories about people surviving earthquakes, including quakes in the Kashmir region in 2005, San Francisco in 1906, the Kanto Plain in 1923, and Tangshan in 1976. Includes glossary and list of resources.
Sixteen-year-old Addie McNeal, transported back to 1917 Seattle on the eve of World War I by a mysterious antique mirror, is drawn to the grand Jewel Theater, which still exists in her own time, and must find a way to manipulate the strands of time to save the theater and her friends from destruction.
America and the great California earthquake of 1906
Winchester, Simon
2005
Discusses how the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 led to a greater scientific study of earthquakes in an attempt to understand the movements of the earth, and explains plate tectonics theory, the creation of the San Andreas Fault, and the social and political shifts caused by the disaster.
A massive earthquake and devastating tsunami hit Japan while Ben is visiting his late father's hometown, pulling Ben's family apart and leaving him stranded in a strange country during an epic disaster.