The Green Timberwolf

The QUAKES

Blogged by: Maya

As a grade 9 student in geography i have decided to explore the topic of fault lines and why people build cities over/by them as well as why people decide to move their

Fault lines:

If you are wondering what a fault line is, it’s a rock surface or ground that traces the geological “border” there are many fault lines around the earth , some of the infamous ones are

• The ring of fire
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• The san andreas fault

And many more.

    Fault lines tend to be the earthquake danger zone because that's where the quakes originate.

Why do people build cities on fault lines ?

A lot of  the time the fault lines are:

- fertile

- have lots of natural resources  such as:

    -fossil fuels

    -ore deposits

- for the people that live their,Great weather

I also believe that when the city or town was first being built that the “owner” did not know what a fault line is or did not know that one was there, and because the land was so fertile it was a good spot to start a population.

Why don't they move from the city, or the city itself ?

    People in the city normally think that the quake won't happen in their time, so they are not that worried. As i read through comments on several sites, people say that quakes are not such a big deal, compared to serial killers, traffic accidents ...etc…

    The government doesn't move the cities on the fault lines because it costs less to fix the initial damage of the quake than to move the city to a new location.

    

    I found this topic on, why people build cities on fault lines interesting and hope you do to, and that you find what you are looking for, whatever it may be.

Thank you for reading!