Labrill

**Falling into Earthquakes!....** Hello my name is Labrill and I am a student at[| MICDS]. I live in [|St. Louis Missouri.] At the moment In am working on a natural disaster project and I chose earthquakes. __Falling into earthquakes__ is about earthquakes and the effects on the planet. It is also about where they occur and what causes them to occur. I hope you learn about earthquakes and enjoy my site! Historical Event The 2010 January 25 Haiti Earthquake

On January 25th 2010 [|Haiti] experienced a devastating day. On the Richter it measured at 7.0. At least 52 after shocks measuring at 4.5 on the Richter scale happened. Unfortunately about 3,000,000 people were affected. The Haitian government guessed around 316,000 lost there lives, 30,000 people were left injured and 1,000,000 were homeless and on the streets and living in tents. Devastatingly 30,000 commercial buildings fell,tumbled and worst of all collapsed. And many residences were severely damaged. As quick as possible rescue teams and volunteers where on there way to help. So on January 25th Haiti experienced complete devastation. On the Richter scale it measured at 7.0.

Safety Tips The people in Haiti probably had furniture attached to walls so it couldn't hurt them, but some people might not have so the furniture could have killed them. Before an earthquake you should always brace over head light and dont forget the top heavy objects. Some safety tips during a [|earthquake] are to definetly not use the elevator and if your outside to STAY THERE! media type="custom" key="12202982" align="center"

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Labrill 2/21/12 5G1 [] Death toll in Philippines earthquake rises to 22. Teresa Cerojano

On February 7, 2012 at 7:49 Eastern time the Philippines faced a pretty strong earthquake measuring at 6.9 on the Richter scale. This earthquake was caused by an undersea fault line and its movements. The after effects are crucial up to 82 people are still missing. The quake also collapsed bridges on an island named Negro Island burring multiple houses. Some 30 houses were buried under concrete and debris in Planas village, a part of Guihulngan. There were many complaints and cries of despair like, “We have no water or power because of toppled electrical post. At the rate of unfortunate deaths reported the town of Guihulngan may run out of coffins. This earthquake triggered landslides and damaged building and roads teaching me that the tiny earthquakes in Missouri can’t even compare to the ones in the other parts of the world. This article also taught me that people are separated from the people they love up to days when big earthquakes happen. This article is important to science because its talking about the earth and how different types of earthquakes occur. Here is the weather at MICDS!!! [|MICDS weather station]

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Citations: [|wikipedia Haiti 2010 earthquake] [|USGS Haiti 7.0] [|FEMA earthquake safety tips]