San Diego Earthquake

Manship 1

Hannah Manship

June 15, 2016

English 1B

Mr. Goodson

Current Event Research Paper: Earthquakes Earthquakes have been happening since Earth has formed a crust. Earthquakes are happening all the time some are major and some are minor causing different damage throughout the city. They occur in my city, San Diego, quite often. Earthquakes are caused my movement in the Earth’s crust. They can be dangerous and unpredictable, but there are ways to protect yourself during an earthquake. There are a lot of earthquakes that hit San Diego. In San Diego there has been 6 earthquakes in the past week, 11 in the past month, and 140 in the past year. The biggest earthquake in San Diego had a 7.2 magnitude. These earthquakes were caused

From all their research they now have an idea of where the earthquakes will hit but not when. There are still no obvious signs that an earthquake will happen Although scientists can’t detect much about earthquakes they can see vibrations on the Richter magnitude scale right before an earthquake occurs. They notice the vibrations just before the earthquake hits and they don’t ever have enough time to warn everyone in the area.

Earthquakes are very dangerous and not predictable, but there are ways to protect yourself from them. To protect yourself you need to “Drop, Cover, and Hold on”. To “Drop” you drop on to your hands and knees. “Cover” you need to cover you head and neck with your hands. “Hold on” you should hold onto something in your house that is stable. The “Drop, Cover, and Hold on” technique is very important to know and practice. During an earthquake moving puts you at a much higher risk of getting injured then staying

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