THE EFFECTS OF EARTHQUAKE IN MY LOCAL COMMUNITY

•What is Earthquake?

An earthquake is a violent and abrupt shaking of the ground, caused by movement between tectonic plates along a fault line in the earth’s crust. Earthquakes can result in the ground shaking, soil liquefaction, landslides, fissures, avalanches, fires and tsunami.

•Earthquake that happen in my local community

The last earthquake in Bacolod City occurred 4 hours ago: Minor mag. 2.3 earthquake – Sulu Sea, 13 km northwest of Kabankalan, Philippines, on Tuesday, Dec 13, 2022 at 2:37 pm (GMT +8).

•What should we do during earthquake?

Stay inside. Drop under heavy furniture such as a table, desk, bed or any solid furniture. Cover your head and torso to prevent being hit by falling objects. Hold onto the object that you are under so that you remain covered.

BE READY! •Move away from windows and outside walls.
•Stay in the building.
•DO NOT use the elevators. The electricity may go out, and the sprinkler systems may come on.
•If you are trapped, stay calm. Try to get someone’s attention by tapping on hard or metal parts of the structure.