Lyons Regional Library

Examina los terremotos, discutiendo qu©♭ los causa, se miden c©đmo ellos, y c©đmo ellos puede causar tsunamis. Incluye una secci©đn en el terremoto de San Francisco de 1906. Explica c©đmo los cient©Ưficos estudian terremotos y c©đmo la informaci©đn ellos recolecta se utiliza para ahorrar vidas.

When a scientist discovers a possible way to tap an unlimited energy source using machines that cause massive earthquakes, Kurt Austin, Joe Zavala, and their NUMA teammates race against time to locate the scientist's machines and to prevent catastrophic disasters.

Fatima is having fun camping with her friends, but she is afraid the dark. She has to get through a ruined city at night, avoiding the dangers of crumbling buildings, cracks in the ground and fallen masonry without power or light.

Winchester brings his storytelling abilities, as well as his understanding of geology, to the extraordinary San Francisco Earthquake, exploring not only what happened in northern California in 1906 that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion, but what we have learned since about the geological underpinnings that caused the earthquake. He also positions the quake's significance along the earth's geological timeline and shows...

Explains why earthquakes happen and discusses the other disasters, such as landslides and tsunamis that they can trigger. A two-page spread focusing on the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti, as well as chapters on the San Andreas Fault and the terrible quake that hit Sichuan, China, in 2008 are also included.

Describes the fight for survival during a major earthquake.

"At the end of a long, sweltering day, as markets and businesses begin to close for the evening, an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude shakes the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince. Award-winning author Myriam J. A. Chancy masterfully charts the inner lives of the characters affected by the disaster—Richard, an expat and wealthy water-bottling executive with a secret daughter; the daughter, Anne, an architect who drafts affordable housing structures for...

Dangerous landslides. Collapsed buildings. Blazing fires. The violent shaking of earthquakes can cause a devastating amount of damage in a short time. Get an up-close look at how these catastrophes form and learn about some of history's worst earthquakes.

Introduces tsunamis, describing how they are formed, what causes them, where they happen, and the type of damage they can do, along with examples of some well-known tsunamis of the past.