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· What area are you focusing on? · What earth movements pose risks to the people of this area? · Why is this area at risk of being affected by earth movements? · What is the history of earth movements in this area? · How have people in your area been affected by earth movements in the past? · What steps can people/governments take to help prepare for and protect their area from earth movements? · What should people do in case they experience an earth movement in their area? What if an earthquake hits

Stay calm and hold still.
==If you are not near a strong table or desk, drop to the floor against a wall and cover your head and you neck with your arms. == ==Avoid windows, hanging object, tall furniture, large furniture and cabinets filled with heavy objects. ==

Once the earthquake shaking stops
= Check the people around you for injuries. = = Do not move seriously injured persons unless they are in danger. = ==If you are downtown California, to stay inside the building after an earthquake unless there’s a fire or gas leak. ==

Safety before an earthquake
==When preparing for an earthquake, plan on having enough supplies to get you and your family through at least the first 72 hours. After a major earthquake, there’s a good chance that emergency response teams will be to busy to take care of you and your family. You need to prepare your home and your neighbourhood. == ==Stock up at least three day supplies of food, water, clothes medical supplies and other necessary equipment for everyone in your family. ==

For more information go to the website linked under this sentence.
http://72hours.org/earthquake.html Info ==California’s earthquakes do not shock the citizens of California. They are used to all these quakes.California has hundreds of active faults located throughout the state that are capable of producing earthquakes big and small.If you look at California on the map California is on the ring of fire.The ring of fire’s fault line creates loads of earthquakes every year.The most active fault was the San Jacinto fault in southern California.The Mendocino Triple junction located offshore northern California is also active, making earthquakes over the magnitude of 7 throughout the history.The biggest earthquake ever recorded in California was the 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake, with an estimate magnitude of 8.0.The most destructive earthquake to the date was a 7.8.Since California had lots of earthquakes they figure out how to make buildings stronger with better structure. For example they put springs under a building to prevent it from crumbling. ==

How earthquakes are produced
Most earthquakes are the results of movement of two of earth's tectonic plates producing a fault. N early half of all earthquakes are produced in subduction zone, areas where two tectonic plates moving toward each other collide and the edge of one plate slips under another. The deepest earthquakes are produced in the ring of fire, the ark of deep trenches curved around the pacific ocean. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_California

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