Earthquakes in New Zealand

The Response

• This is the procedure you do when in an earthquake
• Stop: stop whatever you may be doing
• Drop: Get down to the floor and protect your neck and head
• Hold: Stay in that position until the earth quake is over

Being prepared

• Don't go outside when you know an earthquake will happen
• Try to stay in your basement
• If you don't have one then go under a table and stop, drop and hold
• If your outside take 3-4 seconds to move away from buildings and stop, drop and hold
• we can't stop earthquakes from happening but we can mitigate the effects

Recovery

• Start fundraisers to help rebuild
• start helping the homeless

Things you'll need

• canned food
• first aid kit
• drugs/medications
• self-cleaning supplies
• LOts of water

Why New Zealand?

• the fault Line in New Zealand is located close the middle of the Country so many earthquakes occur there daily
• Just 6 days ago a 6.2 magnitude earthquake occured close the the fault line

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