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By: Tamisha Domgaard
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Can kill thousands of people and can damage thousands of homes and businesses . For all who survive are probably do not have there homes now.
Earthquakes
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They are usually on the coast lines of every continent with a few exceptions. We don’t always know when they are going to hit but we have a pretty good idea about it.
Where they Happen?
The meter that reads the information will look like this
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An earthquake starts when the tectonic plates move away or collide in to each other. The plates force themselves to move. The earths crust reacts in one way or another.
How they happen ?
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Well when an earthquake hits it usually they try to have a evacuation plan but if
not… then get under something and hold on tight to the object.
What happens?
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Most Recent earthquakes.
Chile in South America had one last year it was a 8.8 on the rector scale. It happened on February 27, 2010. 521 died because of this natural disaster.
Haiti had one last year on January 12,2010 . 7.0 Magnitude on the rector scale. Its estimated that about 230,000 people died because of the earthquake.
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More earthquakes
Northern Sumatra, Indonesia had one in May 9, 2010. It was a 8.7 on the rector scale. 62 people did die.
On Friday October 8th in Alaska, Andreano Islands had a 6.4 Earthquake. It killed 20 people.
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What can we do?We can Do a Few Things:o Always have a first Aid kito Keep food in a storage o Always have water o A flashlighto Batteries o A jacket & A Blanket
You can keep all of these things in a backpack. Except the food storage.
At Home
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What we can do?
In a different country
We can do a few things to help others during an Earthquake:o You can donate Money to a Charity to helpo You can send Blankets and water o You can take people in your home until they have a new one
There are so many more things you can do all you have to do is look into it.
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http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-earthquake.htm
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=earthquake&FORM=BIFD#
Bibliography
http://www.google.com/images
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Haiti_earthquake
http://earthquakes.tafoni.net