CSTC+2.3

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Vocabulary

 * Liquefaction**: occurs when an earthquake's violent shaking suddenly turns loose, soft soil into liqued mud


 * Aftershock**: an earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake in the same area


 * Tsunamis**: the water displaced by the quake forms large waves


 * Base-isolated Building**: a building designed to reduce the amount of energy that reaches the building during an earthquake

Outline

 * How Earthquakes Cause Damage**

turns loose soil into liquid mud
 * Liquefaction

a second earthquake after the first
 * Aftershock

earthquakes on the ocean crust which causes tsunamis to flood cities
 * Tsunamis


 * Making buildings safer**


 * choice of location


 * solid rock under building