SANFRANSICO EARTH QUAKE

EPICENTRE

• In Santa Cruz mountain range
• Found on Prieta peak
• 60 miles away from San Francisco

MAGNITUDE OF 6.9

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THE CAUSE OF THE EARTH QUAKE

• As plates move past each other they tend to stick
• Pressure is eventually released
• It's fault type is called shear stress
• which is when fault slide past each other but gets caught

SETTING THE SCENE

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ECONOMIC IMPACTS

• city's damage is six billion
• Several thousands were injured
• Fire brigade phone system was jammed
• 67 people died

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

• Trees were burnt
• Landslides
• Animals habitats were destroyed
• Mountains in Santa crumbled causing dusty air conditions

SOCIAL IMPACTS

• The earthquake started 30 mins before of the worlds biggest baseball game
• People will have died
• Families houses will have been destroyed
• Government has a strong role

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