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Unit Summary

This unit teaches pupils about the physical processes that lead to tectonic hazards and investigates the geographical pattern of hazards across the world. Pupils will also learn how tectonic hazards affect people in different places and how people seek to manage hazards.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to describe the causes, effects and recovery efforts made following the 2025 Myanmar Earthquake.

Key Notes

• Stress had built up along the Sagaing faultline in central Myanmar and was released during the 2025 earthquake.
• Myanmar is a low income country affected by conflict.
• Few plans were in place and earthquake-resistant buildings were rare.
• The 7.7 magnitude quake occurred close to large centres of population.
• Many different organisations provided short-term aid for the millions of people who needed support.

Vocabulary To Learn

• conservative plate boundary: a boundary where two tectonic plates move past each other, either in different directions and/or at different speeds, in the same direction
• aftershocks: a smaller earthquake that follows an initial larger earthquake
• GDP per capita: the total value of all the goods and services produced in a country (its gross domestic product or GDP) in a year, divided by the population to give an amount per person

Common Mistakes To Avoid

• If someone survives and is not injured during the earthquake, they are then safe.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

More Lessons In This Unit

• Earthquakes Study Guide
• Inside Earth Study Guide
• Living close to volcanoes Study Guide
• Living in earthquake regions Study Guide
• Plate boundaries Study Guide
• The 2018 Sunda Strait Tsunami Study Guide
• The effects of earthquakes Study Guide
• The eruption of Mount Nyiragongo Study Guide
• The movement of tectonic plates Study Guide
• Types of volcanoes Study Guide
• Volcanic hazards Study Guide