Aid organisations are charities that respond to support countries following earthquakes, other natural disasters and wars.

The Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC) brings together charities to provide support for countries affected by earthquakes and other disasters.

An aftershock is a smaller earthquake following after an initial larger earthquake.

People and earthquakes: Turkey, 2023

Geography

The causes of earthquakes

Measuring earthquakes

The location of major earthquake zones

Earthquakes and tsunamis: Honshu, Japan, 2011

Preparing and responding to earthquakes

Using digital maps to identify patterns of earthquakes around the world

This unit provides a foundation for 'Coasts: Diversity and change', which investigates very different physical processes and their impact on people and the environment.

This builds on 'Mountains and volcanoes: What, where and why?', extending and deepening pupils’ understanding of Earth processes, focusing on tectonic plates, earthquakes and their impact on people and the environment. 

This unit explores the causes and effects of earthquakes. Pupils learn where and why they occur, how they are measured, and what can be done to prepare for and respond to them. Case studies include Japan (2011) and Turkey (2023).

Earthquakes: how do they change the world?

Depiction or discussion of famine, disease, natural disasters.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

The Pacific plate and the North American plate

Which tectonic plates caused the earthquake in Turkey 2023?

What did the first two earthquakes measure between on the Moment Magnitude Scale?

A smaller earthquake following after an initial larger earthquake is called an....


search and rescue, and providing first aid to those that are injured

providing shelter, food and water to those that need it

rebuilding damaged or destroyed buildings and infrastructure

Short term responses to earthquakes include....

Long term responses to earthquakes include...

Huge pieces of Earth's crust that fit together like a jigsaw

A large area of land containing several countries

the layer beneath the crust and the largest layer of Earth

Match the statements to form definitions.

Most earthquakes occur at tectonic plate boundaries

Most earthquakes occur randomly all over the world

Earthquakes only occur close to the equator

Earthquakes only occur at country boundaries

Which of the following statements is true?

a weak earthquake not to be worried about

a major earthquake with loss of life and extensive damage

Starter Quiz

What is a continent?