what do you do when an earthquake is about to take place/happen when you are in your home and office.?
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If it's already happening, I think you should quickly hide under a desk. Or if there's a warning siren or smth, you should run to the nearest shelter or place where your government has designated it to be a place to seek refuge during such emergencies.
1089394
earthquakes occur when the tectonic plates that cover the earth noticably shift. These movements can also form volcanoes and trenches
950622
the tectonic plates that shift happen  underground, if your lucky to see a plate shift at ground level your truly lucky, these plate shifts cause earthquakes so please be careful.
572762
get out more often, dont sit at the puter all day\ngood luck ;P
433112
well, at least one would be earthquakes, which happen when the earth's plates shift and collide. there is at least one major earthquake fault line under california
374927
While it definitely depends on the situation, there are some things that you can/should have regardless of the disaster type.  Some things to keep in min as suggestions are: a couple gallons of water, spare clothes, non-perishable food, and some way of getting news information, like a battery-powered radio.  If you find a list of things to have at home in case of a disaster, the list for work is very similar.
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I've felt 4 earthquakes in my lifetime but all were less than intensity 4.  Three of those occasions, I was living in a high-rise and I really thought that I just felt dizzy or had vertigo.  It's really not too big a deal here in the Philippines because we get all kinds of natural phenomenon all the time, earthquakes included.  The other one though was pretty strong and strangely enough, my first thought was to put on nice undies because i didn't want the rescuers to find me through the rubble with granny panties. Ha ha ha.  Good thing it didn't get stronger. (the earthquake, I mean)
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Ways to prepare for an earthquake are:\n1.  Do not live or work in a structure which is likely to "pancake" in the event of an earthquake.  This would be any multi-story structure which does not have substantial bracing in both horizontal directions.\n2.  For the places you live and work, identify an quick way to get out of the building, so if you fell it start to shake hard, you know how to get out before big things start falling on you.  For lesser shakes, you can protect your self from small things falling by hiding under a very sturdy piece of furniture or standing in a doorway.\n3.  Know where the tall things outside are, like water towers and chimneys and older masonry buildings.  You need to know where these are so that you can stay away from them so that they or pieces of them, do not fall on you.\n4.  Keep a radio with fresh batteries.  After an earthquake, you might need information about where to go for assistance, especially if it turns out that the first place you would think of going is a place that got destroyed.  The radio stations would constantly be broadcasting that type of information.\n5.  Have a few days worth of water and non-perishable food on hand.  That way, if you lose electrical power and the gas supplies are cut, and the water mains break, you can still feed yourself.  If the highways are damaged, the grocery stores will run out of this stuff pretty quickly, so have your own.\n.   Thinking along these lines, I am sure that you can think of some more things that should be done.
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An earthquake occurs where the stress and strain on the fault pane ruptures or slips. If we take the San Andreas fault for an example, it is at the edge of two tectonic plates. One of these plates is moving up the other down. Both plates are loading the fault plane with massive amounts of stored energy which when it reached a critial point 'gives way'. Think of it this way, you have two american football players (these can each be a side of the fault plane) facing each other and they get down to tackle (this cane be the stress and strain). There will come a point where one player gives way to the other player; this is the critial point where the strain and stress becomes too much to handle, the result an earthquake! However I gave the example of the S.A fault which is at a plate boundry, but bear in mind that eartquakes can occur where ever there are weakness in the rocks.
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*\nYes! The Hoosier state has trembled in the wake of earth waves generated by powerful earthquakes in the past, and will, no doubt, tremble again in quakes that are yet to come. These pages briefly describe earthquakes in our past, what causes our earthquakes, what is being done to reduce losses that will result from future quakes, and what you should do before, during, and after an earthquake.\n\n\nEarthquakes in Indiana  [New Window] \nArticle about the history and future of earthquakes in Indiana.\nVerified by a Netscape Security Partner: Netscape Security Center http://igs.indiana.edu/geology/earthquakes/eqinindiana/index.cfm
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Don't listen to that stuff you are hearing about a major quake.  If it happens it happens.  Here is what I know:  earthquakes cannot be predicted, you are just as likely to die tomorrow as you are a year or ten years from now (excluding a known terminal illness), and it seems senseless to waste energy worrying about this type of thing.  It is a complete unknown.
627451
concentrate on ur breath and then slowly breath in and breath out and better still write "breath in , Breath out' on a chart and paste it on all walls of ur house and work place
754158
Just purchase or rent an office there, setup your office and your ready :)
62241
Start by leaving work at the workplace, do not bring it home.  Use the time going to work to psych yourself up (I know I can do this, it is only a few hours...) and use the time getting home to dump (Wow, do I work with a bunch of ....).  Finish dumping before you get home.  Scream if you need to (so who care what stranger think, right?).\nRelax.  Even if there a a list of things which need to get done that is a mile long, home is the nest for feeling safe a secure.  Calm down.  You are home.  You made it through another day.  Spend five to fifteen minutes listening to music or talking with any family which might be home.  Pet the cat if you have one.\nOkay, now you are ready do what ever you need to get done (dinner, chores, workout, whatever).  Think about what you need to do and then get up and do it.\nYou will find that if you do a really ggod dumb on the way home, you will be very much more effective once you get there.  This will allow more time (including the kick back time).\nA couple of other things:  a good balanced meal is better than skipping one 'cause you ain't got the time.  Lights...  lots of lights.  What you pay in electric bill is cheaper than drugs and the light (especially in the winter) will have a great effect.\nYou might want to investigate meditation.  It also can work wonders.
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Is this a project that requires you to build or write something about earthquakes?\n\nI would suggest building different types of structures (buildings) to see how each would withstand a quake. The only problem with that is you would have to have a way of testing the structures. You can actually use a board underneath the structures & just move the board back & forth.\n\nYou could make a homemade siesmograph machine. Doesn't take much. Look it up on the net.
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The scientists are saying that a "big one" is going to happen. It's not a question of "if", its "when." And they don't know when, it is still, unfortuneatley, impossible to predict earthquakes. They have specials on this topic on the Discovery Channel, so check out your local listings so you can see. I think there's even a movie. Anyways, there is also a huge fault by Washington.
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Go looting. Incite a riot. Best time cause people will be too confused. Just shout, "Oh SH*T! It's the fallout from the nuclear meltdown!", grab a brick and hurl it into the nearest corporate *sshole's retail front.