An earthquake in the news, and this time very close to home. Students often find thinking about earthquakes a bit alien to them. In the UK we live in such a safe area, in terms of geophysical hazards, and on the whole weather hazards (I say as I'm writing a new lesson on the increasing severity of UK weather).
When this cropped up on my BBC app this morning, I had look twice. Having just got back from Italy, it seems crazy that this would happen. Sadly the death toll is already rising, and we all know the impacts will be severe in a HIC country, which gets fairly few earthquakes so high on the richter scale.
Hopefully we can use this to show students that hazards don't just arise in places a million miles from them, in another world, or universe. But that the earth is moving beneath all of us, in a place they may have visited in their summer holidays. I hope I can use this example at some point this year to help students visualise the impacts this would have, and bring geography a little bit closer to home.
Sending my thoughts and support to all those affected.
Sending my thoughts and support to all those affected.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37171953
Image from BBC News
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