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Earthquakes. Two types of crust “float” on the upper mantle: oceanic crust (heavier, sinks lower) continental crust (lighter, floats higher)

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1 Earthquakes

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3 Two types of crust “float” on the upper mantle: oceanic crust (heavier, sinks lower) continental crust (lighter, floats higher)

4 Three types of plate convergence oceanic – continental oceanic – oceanic continental - continental

5 Oceanic – continental plate convergence Nazca plate – South America plate

6 Oceanic – oceanic plate convergence New Hebrides Trench near Vanuatu

7 Continental – continental plate convergence India/Eurasia plate collision (forms Himalayan Mountains)

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9 Earthquake Motion

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16 Historical seismic activity in Canada

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18 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

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22 Mercalli Richter

23 1964 Alaska earthquake damage map: modified Mercalli scale III - IV V VI VII VIII - X

24 Liquefaction and slumping Anchorage, Alaska - 1964

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27 Earthquake-proof buildings

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29 Is a major earthquake in California, Alaska or Japan of any concern thousands of kilometers away, in Hawaii?

30 Tsunami (seismic wave)

31 The power of a tsunami

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