- Caused over 6,000 deaths and enormous property destruction and damage. - About 75,000 buildings were damaged and destroyed. - 26, 000 people injured - 310, 000 people left homeless - 60 Billion quid to repair the damage made - Around 120 quays were destroyed. - People left outside - too afraid to return … Read more

When the plates move, they rub or slide against each other. When the plates get stuck against each other, they slowly push harder and harder against each other until the pressure is too much to hold. Then they break through and cause an earthquake.