Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.6
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
5103
Points per Word
0.000196
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.020833
Description
This introduction to earthquakes provides information on ten of the worst disasters, describing the 1960 earthquake in Chile, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, and others.