Unit4EarthquakesTheFebruary2011ChristchurchearthquakewasapowerfulnaturaleventthatbadlydamagedNewZealand'ssecond-largestcity,killing185peopleinoneofthenation'sdeadliestpeacetimedisasters.DiscussionWhatmighthappeninanearthquake?Trytowritedownasmanywordswehavelearnedaspossibletodescribeanyearthquakeinthepictures.TheTangshanEarthquakeonWednesday,July28,1976TheTangshanEarthquakeonWednesday,July28,1976TheTangshanEarthquakeonWednesday,July28,1976TheTangshanEarthquakeonWednesday,July28,1976TheSanFranciscoearthquakeonWednesday,April18,1906TheSanFranciscoearthquakeonWednesday,April18,1906TheSanFranciscoearthquakeonWednesday,April18,1906DiscussionWhatmighthappeninanearthquake?Trytowritedownasmanywordswehavelearnedaspossibletodescribeanyearthquakeinthepictures.ListeningWhydoearthquakeshappen?Paragraph4•PacificplateNorthSouthWestEastAmericanplateEarthquakeHappens