2. WHAT IS IT?
• EARTHQUAKES- ARE UNEXPECTED MOVEMENT OF THE EARTHS SURFACE. THEY
ARE TREMORS THAT SHAKE THE EARTH.
-THEY ARE MOTHERS NATURES WAY OF SAYING DON’T MESS WITH US.
-EARTHQUAKES ARE ONE OF NATURES MOST DANGEROUS PHENOMENA
-EARTHQUAKES HAPPEN ALL OVER THE WORLD.
• 900,000 earthquakes happen every year worldwide.
5. • EARTHQUAKES OCCUR WHEN TWO PARTS OF THE EARTHS SURFACE MOVES
SUDDENLY ALONG A FAULT LINE, DUE TO TECHTONIC FORCES
• A TREMENDOUS OF FORCE IS REALEASED IN A FORM OF TREMORS AND
VIBRATIONS. MOST OF THEM OCCUR ON FAULTS.
6. EARTHQUAKE SAFTEY TIPS
• THE ACTUAL EARTHQUAKE IS OFTEN
• GENERATED HUNDREDS OF FEET BELOW THE SURFACE
• AND IS CALLED THE FOCUS.
• THE POINT ON THE SURFACE ON EARTH DIRECTLY ABOVE THE FOCUS
• IS CALLED ITS EPICENTER.
7. BEING AWARE AND PREPARED
• Now during an earthquake you should not panic or go outside
• HAVE A CHECKLIST OR AN EMERGENCY PLAN READY.
