Impacts of Earthquake

There are many effects when earthquakes happen. Generally, when earthquakes happen, there may appear land shaking and ground rupture. Both of land shaking and ground rupture also affect more impacts such as landslides, avalanches, fire, tsunami, and floods.

Land shaking & ground rupture
Because land is conected with plate, therefore, when earthquakes happen which means the plate shaking with land. If there are stronger earthquakes, the ground may break become rupture.

Landslides & Avalanches
Because the ground of mountains start to shake when earthquakes happen which cause mountains cannot hold soils, therefore, soil suddenly slide from the top of mounains.

Fires
Following the earthquakes, fires can be generated by damages of factories, electricities or break of gas lines.

Tsunami
When earthquakes happen which cause the wavelength of sea become longer, therefore, the waves turn into destructive waves with more power. Usually, when tsnami happens, it can travle 600-800 kilometers per hour and destroy all the things immediatly.

Flood
Food are overflow of rivers when earthquakes happen cause the boundaries of rivers break.

Reference:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake#Effects.2Fimpacts_of_earthquakes