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    Can You Survive an Earthquake?: An Interactive Survival Adventure
    Can You Survive an Earthquake?: An Interactive Survival Adventure
    Can You Survive an Earthquake?: An Interactive Survival Adventure
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    Can You Survive an Earthquake?: An Interactive Survival Adventure

    By Rachael Hanel

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    You’re in the middle of one of the most unpredictable natural disasters an earthquake. No place is safe as the ground shudders, shakes, and splits. How will you survive as the world crashes around you? Will you: Experience an earthquake far from civilization in rural Alaska? Be trapped in a large U.S. city during an earthquake? Fight to survive during an earthquake in Japan and the tsunami that follows it?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateJun 1, 2013
    ISBN9781476542355
    Can You Survive an Earthquake?: An Interactive Survival Adventure

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      Can You Survive an Earthquake? - Rachael Hanel

      orientation.

      About Your

      Adventure

      YOU are about to experience one of the most unpredictable events in nature—an earthquake! You have no warning. How will you stay alive?

      In this book you’ll deal with extreme survival situations. You’ll explore how the knowledge you have and the choices you make can mean the difference between life and death.

      Chapter One sets the scene. Then you choose which path to read. Follow the links at the bottom of each page as you read the stories. The decisions you make will change your outcome. After you finish one path, go back and read the others for new perspectives and more adventures. Use your device's back buttons or page navigation to jump back to your last choice.

      YOU CHOOSE the path you take through your adventure.

      CHAPTER 1

      An Unpredictable Moment

      Imagine a bright, sunny day. People are outside walking, running, or relaxing. Then without warning, the ground starts to shake. Trees topple and buildings crumble. People panic and scream. The shaking lasts only moments, but the entire landscape changes.

      Earthquakes strike with little warning. Unlike other natural disasters such as hurricanes and tornadoes, there’s nothing to see before they occur.

      Earthquakes strike without warning and can cause enormous damage.

      Earthquakes strike when tectonic plates below Earth’s surface shift and move. Most earthquakes occur at fault lines—the places where the tectonic plates intersect.

      About 90 percent of the world’s earthquakes occur in the Ring of Fire.

      Earthquakes are more likely to happen in the Ring of Fire. This area is around the edges of the Pacific Ocean. It includes Japan, Indonesia, and the coasts of Alaska, Chile, and California.

      But even locations far away from the ocean can experience big earthquakes. The New Madrid fault system runs 150 miles from Illinois to Tennessee, also affecting parts of Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Mississippi. South Carolina also has a major fault line. Around the world, earthquakes strike along fault lines in the Arabian Peninsula, east Africa, and the Mediterranean Sea.

      Earthquakes are measured on the Richter scale. The strongest earthquakes have measured more than 9.0. These include measurements of 9.5 in Chile in 1960, 9.2 in Alaska in 1964, and 9.1 off the coast of Sumatra in 2004.

      Because earthquakes can strike without warning, it is important to have a disaster plan in place. The U.S. Geological Survey distributes information about what to do before, during, and after an earthquake.

      If you live in an earthquake region, make sure your home is safe. Falling household objects often injure people. Make sure pictures and mirrors are securely fastened to walls. Secure top-heavy furniture to wall studs with the use of brackets. Tie down TVs and computer monitors with nylon straps or buckles that can be easily removed and relocated.

      Create an emergency plan. Will you know where to reunite with family and friends in case you get separated? Keep a flashlight and shoes near your bed, in case an earthquake occurs during the night. The flashlight should be approved by the Mine Safety and Health Administration. These flashlights have been tested in dangerous conditions and will not give off sparks that could trigger gas explosions. Families in earthquake areas should have disaster kits. These kits include medicine, bottled water, snacks, batteries, a battery-operated radio, and heavy-duty plastic bags.

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