Baker, John R. 1989-
The world's worst earthquakes / by John R. Baker. - 32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm - Blazers. The world's worst natural disasters .
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Earth-shaking power -- Disaster in Haiti -- Topping the scale -- History's deadliest quake -- Nepal tragedy -- The Great San Francisco Earthquake -- Chinese landslides -- Record quake in Indonesia -- On shaky ground -- Terror in Turkey -- Good Friday earthquake -- Japanese disasters -- Surviving an earthquake -- Glossary.
"Describes history's biggest and most destructive earthquakes from around the world"--
Grades 4 to 6.
9781515717904 (paperback)
2015049411
Earthquakes--History--Juvenile literature.
551.2209 BAK
The world's worst earthquakes / by John R. Baker. - 32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm - Blazers. The world's worst natural disasters .
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Earth-shaking power -- Disaster in Haiti -- Topping the scale -- History's deadliest quake -- Nepal tragedy -- The Great San Francisco Earthquake -- Chinese landslides -- Record quake in Indonesia -- On shaky ground -- Terror in Turkey -- Good Friday earthquake -- Japanese disasters -- Surviving an earthquake -- Glossary.
"Describes history's biggest and most destructive earthquakes from around the world"--
Grades 4 to 6.
9781515717904 (paperback)
2015049411
Earthquakes--History--Juvenile literature.
551.2209 BAK