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The Science Earthquakes are the shaking, rolling or sudden shock of the Earth's surface. Earthquakes happen along "fault lines" in the Earth's crust. Earthquakes usually last one minute or less. Earthquakes can be felt over large areas and can not be predicted. Earthquakes usually occur on fault lines and in the Ring of Fire. Earthquakes happen when a plate collides with another plate or when a plate goes under another plate. [|Info From Wikipedia]

Current Event There was an Earthquake in Haiti on January 12th 2010. The Earthquake happened when two plates crashed together or one plate went under another plate.It is unknown if the plates crashed or went under one another. It caused a lot of damage and devastated everyone that lived there.It was a magnitude of 7.0 and a very devastating earthquake. In Haiti they are still rebuilding buildings. [|More info on Haiti Earthquake]

Historical Event In 1906 April 18th there was a giant Earthquake in San Francisco, California at 5:12am. That must have been a wake-up call!!! Scientists do not know actually how it happened but the plates either crashed into each other or they went under one another. Fires followed the giant Earthquake. The fires lasted for 3 days!! The giant Earthquake was 8.25 on the Richter scale. That is the worst disaster in nations history! The Earthquake could be felt 296 miles( 477 km) away! 450-700 people died, 250,000 people were homeless, and 25,000 buildings were destroyed! [|Devastating Photos]

Safety Tips Don'ts How to prepare: Earthquakes are unpredictable but here are some things you can do: [|Ready for more Safety]
 * Dos**
 * **Do go under the table**
 * Do strap objects to walls
 * Do have your home built to ride the Earthquakes and move with the wind
 * Don't panic and run outside
 * Don't fight against the Earthquake
 * 1) Strap objects to walls
 * 2) Make sure you have tables
 * 3) Make sure you have a supply of food and water under a table in a cooler
 * 4) Make sure your house is built to ride the waves of the Earthquakes

Book Nook If you want to learn more about Earthquakes, we would recomend a book called Earthquakes : All we need to know about them **By: Col. Bhaskar Sarkar**. The book will totally shock you!!! [|Where to get this shocking book and more]

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Expert The Mayor of San Francisco, California is our Expert his name is Edwin M. Lee. We chose him because there are a lot of Earthquakes in San Francisco and he might know a lot about Earthquakes because he has to deal with them. That is why we chose him. Edwin M. Lee is the 43rd Mayor of San Francisco and he is 58 years old. He is the first Asian American Mayor of San Francisco. He was born in Seattle, Washington in 1953.

[|Contact the Mayor of San Fransisco to learn more about Earthquakes]

Thanks We would like to thank: [|FEMA for Kids]

[|Weather Widget] [|Clock Widgets] [|Books] [|CNN]
 * __National Geographic: Natural Disasters__**

[|Wikipedia] Without these sites our wiki page would be nothing!! Thank you for helping us with out research! Also a special thank you to our World Geography teacher Michael Fitzgerald for everything you have done for us!

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