Effects of Tectonic Hazards

• What is an effect?


  An effect is the result of something happening e.g. the damage caused by an earthquake
• What is a primary effect?


  A primary effect happens straight away due to the ground shaking e.g. buildings collapsing, death and injuries
• What is a secondary effect?


  Secondary effects are the result of the primary effects e.g. the ground shaking could lead to a landslide
• What are the primary effects of tectonic hazards?


  They happen immediately after the event.
• How do secondary effects differ from primary effects of tectonic hazards?


  Secondary effects occur as a result of primary effects and happen later.