Living in earthquake regions

Geography

Inside Earth

The movement of tectonic plates

Plate boundaries

Types of volcanoes

Volcanic hazards

Living close to volcanoes

The eruption of Mount Nyiragongo

Earthquakes

The effects of earthquakes

The 2025 Myanmar Earthquake

The 2018 Sunda Strait Tsunami

This unit teaches pupils about the physical processes that lead to tectonic hazards and investigates the geographical pattern of hazards across the world. Pupils will also learn how tectonic hazards affect people in different places and how people seek to manage hazards.

Tectonic hazards: Why is Earth restless?

The area may offer economic or cultural benefits

Earthquake zones are the only places with housing

Why do people still live in earthquake-prone areas?

Which of these is most likely in an earthquake-prone area?

Scientists can predict exactly when earthquakes will hit

Earthquakes can only happen once per region

We can estimate probabilities, but not exact times

Which statement best addresses a common idea about prediction?

Which of the following is a primary effect of an earthquake?

What is a common secondary effect of an earthquake?

Starter Quiz

What causes most earthquakes?