Facing the Earthquake Tips

Facing the Earthquake Tips

Our country is a series of islands with active volcanoes series is indeed one of the few countries that often an earthquake experience. Not only because of the volcano, the motion of the Earth's plates around the country were also to contribute to the risk that we should not do for granted.

A few times our country is rocked by an earthquake in the year, and the earthquake that has struck the lives of so many brothers around us. There are so many things we can do to prepare themselves in facing the earthquake there, or at least reduce the negative consequences that can arise when an earthquake occurs

Geology.com share helpful tips you can do to the damage that can occur before, during and after the earthquake to a minimum.

Before the earthquake occurred:

1. Nothing wrong with you to prepare yourself by learning to prepare for an earthquake, remember that earthquakes often without any warning and it is this that makes are often victims of attack, not knowing what to do when an earthquake come.

2. Teach your family members about how to deal with earthquakes. There are ways including:

* What do you do when an earthquake occurs

* Make sure family members know the place firmly for such protection under a strong desk, along the wall in the room, and
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3. Prepare emergency supplies such as: Radio with battery (plus extra batteries), torch (with extra batteries, too), P3K equipment, water bottles, food for two weeks and a variety of medicines, blankets, fuel for cooking and lighting equipment you can use to turn off the electricity.

4. Prepare your home, keep heavy objects on the bottom and store the objects in the china cabinet with a lock. Avoid hanging heavy mirrors or paintings near the place where people come together and we sleep.

5. If there is heavy equipment in the home, such as water heaters, refrigerators and cabinets of books, can not easily move goods, if necessary, transplant it into the floor or wall.

6. Avoid storing fuel or other flammable liquids near heat sources or near the stove.

7. Make sure you are aware and ready to turn off the power supply with existing equipment.

If you have the above done in preparation, at least adverse effects that occurred will be reduced. And a sudden the walls and the floor shaking moves, which should you do?

1. If you are indoors, remain calm and stay inside. Try to shift or move to a place that is as strong as in a sturdy table, or near the walls of the room. This way, you will protect against falling objects. Avoid dangerous places such as windows, large mirrors, hanging objects such as paintings. Avoid heavy furniture and a stove, immediately moving away from this place.

2. If you're in the kitchen, immediately off the stove and seek shelter

3. If you are outside, immediately find a place in the area to stay away from objects thrown to you to make. Avoid places filled with trees, power lines and tall buildings.

4. If you're in a vehicle, do not panic, stop, but do not suddenly and immediately stopped. If you stay in the car, still alive in the car. Stay away from places such as under bridges, under power lines near trees or large signs and billboards!

Immediately after the earthquake is complete, there are a few things you should do:

1. Make sure whether you or your family or people you hurt, if any, give immediate help, if necessary, and make sure you keep your safety around!

2. Check for damage. If the building was badly damaged near you, leave immediately, or let the expert help of the inspection officer

3. If you smell gas, immediately remove all persons from the room, and open wide the doors and windows. Report gas leaks to the nearest workers, and avoid using electricity at the place where the smell of leaking gas will fear an explosion or rapid fire

4. If electricity is not dead, check back if there was a damaged electrical equipment, and try if there was the smell of burning smell, if found, it smells like this, or you see sparks of electricity immediately switched off the power of the center.

5. If the power, you better pull the cord from the power outlet first, because it was afraid the power again, some equipment may be damaged and may even trigger a fire.

6. If pools of water, approached with caution, the fear of electrical shock could threaten you!

7. Immediately contact the next of kin to each other condition to ensure

Hopefully it will not much longer because of the victims in our country happens ....