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= = Earthquakes media type="custom" key="8096340" =media type="custom" key="8117600" width="110" height="110" align="left" = = = = = = = = = __** The Science **__ =What is an Earthquake?= An earthquake is a shaking of the ground caused by the sudden movement or breaking of [|plate tectonics]. Most earthquake occur underground and along the [|fault lines] when the plates slide past each other or collide against each other. When the plates collide of slide past each other, the heavier plate goes under the lighter plate witch causes an earthquake. [| More info about earthquakes]

Earthquakes happen underground from two plates colliding.

Earthquakes happen when two plates collide each other.

Plate tectonics collide each other and and the heavier plate goes under the lighter plate.

In The News A recent earthquake was in Haiti about a year ago. The magnitude of the earthquake was a 7.0 and it was near the town Leogane, west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. It was in January 12, 2010 Tuesday when the earthquake happened and on January 24, there were at least 52 after shocks and they measured more 4.5 or greater was recorded. About 316,000 people died and 300,000 got injured and 1,000,000 lost homes that day. It was very horrifying that a earthquake that big could do so much damage and kill so much people. [| More info on Haiti's earthquake]

Historical Earthquake A historical earthquake was in San Francisco Bay Area of California. The earthquake happened on October 17, 1989 during the a warm-up practice for the third game in the World series. The earthquake was caused by a slip along the San Andreas Fault and the earthquake lasted about 10 to 15 second and the magnitude of the earthquake measured up to a 6.9. Only 63 people got killed. 3,757 people got injured, and 3,000 to 12,000 people were left homeless. It is not as horrifying as Haiti's earthquake but, this earthquake still did enough damage. [|More info on San Francisco's earthquake]

Safety Tips on Earthquakes Here are some dos and don't s DOS DON'T S Here is a Book we Recommend for Earthquakes
 * stay under a table
 * stay away from any thing breakable
 * evacuate the when you can
 * wear shoes after a earthquake
 * be prepared for after shocks
 * stay near buildings after you evacuated your home
 * stay near glass
 * bring too many things because you do not have time to get them
 * stay in the home if you smell gas or hear a gas leak because it may blow up
 * be near anything that could topple on you



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Experts on earthquakes


 * Jack Moehle**

Jack Moehle is an earthquake expert from Berkeley, California. He is a professor, works in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and works in the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center. Also, he is a former director, and works at a multi-university organization headquartered at UC Berkeley's Richmond Field Station.

Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and former director, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, a multi-university organization headquartered at UC Berkeley's Richmond Field Station (510) 642-3437 E-mail: moehle@berkeley.edu Areas of expertise: Reinforced concrete structures, bridge and building design, seismic testing methods.
 * Jack Moehle**

Thanks to

[|Amazon][|Berkeley's News Center, The Earthquake Experts] [|FEMA for Kids] [|National Geographic: Natural Disasters] [|Wikipedia: Natural Disasters] [|Weather Widget] [|Weather Widgets] [|Weather Widgets] [|Clock Widgets] [|Photo Source] [|Books] [|CNN] [|Reuters] [|AccuWeather] [|WeatherChannel] [|ScienceDaily] [|DiscoveryChannel] [|NationalGeographic] [|Wikipedia]