Earthquake Safety
•Geologists can determine earthquake risk by location where faults are active and where past earthquakes have occurred
•The best way to protect yourself is to drop, cover, and hold. The main danger is from falling objects.
•An earthquake kit with food, water and first aid supplies should be stored where it is easy to reach.
•Design safer Building, brackets to prevent objects from falling and build buildings with stronger walls
Earthquake Damage:
Causes of earthquake damage includes shaking, liquefaction, aftershocks, and tsunamis
•Shaking - A seismic waves can cause landslides or avalanches. It can also damage buildings and bridges, disrupt utility poles, gas lines, and water mains.
•Liquefaction – when earthquake’s shaking suddenly turns loose soft soil into liquid mud.
•Aftershocks – an earthquake that occurs after a large earthquake
•Tsunamis – a large wave that will form from an earthquake on the ocean floor.