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Earth-Quake: Emergency Contact Numbers

An earthquake is caused by a sudden slip along a fault in the Earth's crust. The tectonic plates are always slowly moving but get stuck at their edges due to friction. When the stress overcomes the friction, it causes seismic waves that travel through the Earth's crust and cause shaking. Scientists can measure earthquakes using instruments called seismometers, which detect seismic waves and record them. By analyzing the seismic wave data, scientists can determine the location, time, and intensity of an earthquake.

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Earth-Quake: Emergency Contact Numbers

An earthquake is caused by a sudden slip along a fault in the Earth's crust. The tectonic plates are always slowly moving but get stuck at their edges due to friction. When the stress overcomes the friction, it causes seismic waves that travel through the Earth's crust and cause shaking. Scientists can measure earthquakes using instruments called seismometers, which detect seismic waves and record them. By analyzing the seismic wave data, scientists can determine the location, time, and intensity of an earthquake.

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WHAT IS AN

EARTHQUAKE?

AN EARTHQUAKE IS AN INTENSE

EARTH-
SHAKING OF EARTH’S SURFACE.
THE SHAKING IS CAUSED BY
MOVEMENTS IN EARTH’S
OUTERMOST LAYER.

QUAKE
WHY DO EARTHQUAKES
HAPPEN?
Emergency We cannot stop a
natural disaster but we
Contact can arm ourselves with
AN EARTHQUAKE IS CAUSED BY A Numbers knowledge.
SUDDEN SLIP ON A FAULT. THE
TECTONIC PLATES ARE ALWAYS National Emergency
SLOWLY MOVING, BUT THEY GET Hotline in the Philippines :
STUCK AT THEIR EDGES DUE TO 911
FRICTION. WHEN THE STRESS ON
Philippine National Police
Hotline: 117 or (02) 8722-
THE EDGE OVERCOMES THE
0650
FRICTION, THERE IS AN
Philippine Red Cross: 143 or
EARTHQUAKE THAT RELEASES
(02) 8527-8385 to 95
ENERGY IN WAVES THAT TRAVEL
Bureau of Fire Protection:
THROUGH THE EARTH'S CRUST (02) 8426-0219 or (02)
AND CAUSE THE SHAKING THAT 8426-3812
WE FEEL.

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KNOW WHAT TO DO TO If you are:
HOW DO WE MEASURE
EARTHQUAKES? KEEP YOURSELF AND
INSIDE
YOUR LOVED ONES SAFE
Stay inside. DO NOT run outside or to
DURING AN other rooms during an earthquake.
THE ENERGY FROM AN You are less likely to be injured
EARTHQUAKE.
EARTHQUAKE TRAVELS if you stay where you are.

THROUGH EARTH IN
VIBRATIONS CALLED SEISMIC
OUTSIDE
WAVES. SCIENTISTS CAN Drop Stay outside. Go to an open area away
MEASURE THESE SEISMIC Drop down onto your hands from trees, telephone poles, and
and knees before the earth- buildings. Once in the open,
WAVES ON INSTRUMENTS
quake knocks you down. get down low and stay there
CALLED SEISMOMETER. A This position protects you from falling but until the shaking stops.
SEISMOMETER DETECTS allows you to still move if necessary.

SEISMIC WAVES BELOW THE


INSTRUMENT AND RECORDS IN A MOVING VEHICLE
Cover
THEM AS A SERIES OF ZIG-ZAGS. Cover your head and neck Stop as quickly and safely as possible.
(and your entire body if Move your car to the shoulder or curb,
possible) underneath a away from utility poles,
SCIENTISTS CAN DETERMINE sturdy table or desk. If there is no shelter overhead wires, and
nearby, get down near an interior wall or under- or overpasses.
THE TIME, LOCATION AND
next to low-lying furniture that won’t fall
INTENSITY OF AN EARTHQUAKE on you, and cover your head and neck with
your arms and hands.
FROM THE INFORMATION NEAR THE SHORE
RECORDED BY A SEISMOMETER.
Drop, cover, and hold on until the shaking
THIS RECORD ALSO PROVIDES stops. If severe shaking lasts 20 seconds

INFORMATION ABOUT THE


Hold or more, immediately evacuate to high
ground as a tsunami might have been
ROCKS THE SEISMIC WAVES Hold on to your shelter generated by the earthquake. Walk
(or to your head and neck) quickly, rather than drive, to avoid traffic,
TRAVELED THROUGH.
until the shaking stops. debris, and other hazards.
Be prepared to move with your shelter if
the shaking shifts it around.

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