Earthquakes
- ISBN-10
- 0764110594
- ISBN-13
- 9780764110597
- Series
- Earthquakes
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 31
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Barron's Educational Series
- Author
- Neil Morris
Description
Documents the most significant earthquakes, from the one that destroyed half of Lisbon in 1755 and the legendary San Francisco quake of 1906 to more recent disasters, and discusses earthquake science, including measuring, predicting, and recovering from t
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