Fradin, Judith Bloom.

Earthquakes witness to disaster / [electronic resource] : Judy & Dennis Fradin. - Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2011. - 1 online resource : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps. - Witness to disaster . - Fradin, Judith Bloom. Witness to disaster. .

OSLIS\Gale Nat Geo eBooks(2/2/23).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The ground would not stop shaking" : Alaska, 1964 -- "As if a giant foot had stepped on it" : Why does the earth quake? -- "The heart of this old earth was broken" : famous earthquakes -- "Only a matter of time" : predicting and preparing for earthquakes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Further reading and research -- Interviews by the authors -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Describes the earthquake in Alaska in 1964 as told by eyewitness accounts of this disaster.

9781426309793 (electronic bk.) 1426309791 (electronic bk.) 9781426302114 1426302118 9781426302121 1426302126


Earthquakes--Alaska--Anchorage--Juvenile literature.


Electronic books- OSLIS.
Electronic books.

QE535.2.U6 / F68 2011eb

551.22