Dyzon @ Tamaki Primary School

What causes

Earthquakes

Earthquakes are caused

by tectonic plates.

Tectonic plates are plates

that are all around the world.

They also look like a jigsaw

pieces trying to make a whole

jigsaw puzzle.Tectonic plates

are also plates that are pushed

by soft rocks known as molten

rocks.The molten rocks put

pressure on the tectonic plates

but the tectonic plates resist it.

But sometimes the molten rocks

put so much pressure that the

molten rocks make the tectonic

plates move and cause

Epicenters to originate Earthquakes.Earthquakes

have magnitudes and depth.

The Earthquakes magnitudes

over magnitude 6 is strong but the magnitudes below magnitude

6 does not any damage.

But also it is about the depth

Earthquakes have.The lowest

depth is not the strongest and

does not cause damage but

the shallowest depth is the

strongest and can cause damage.