Damage Investigator

You will be looking at the differences between earthquakes that measure a 2.0 on the Richter scale and earthquakes that measure a 7.0 on the Richter scale. You will have to include some pictures of these differences. Also, you will look up at least three major historical earthquakes that have happened around the world and find pictures of what damage they caused. Here are some links on your topic...

 

Map of Largest Earthquakes in the U.S.
http://www.fema.gov/library/eq_usa.htm

History of Big Earthquakes
http://www.fema.gov/kids/eqhist.htm

The State of Quakes
http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/quakes/history/

The Living Almanac of Disasters
http://www.disasterium.com/

Cool Earthquake Facts
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/4kids/facts.html