As an earthquake strikes, what can you do? Where is the safest place go? Should you stay still? When the terrible earthquake of a 8.9 magnitude hit Japan, March 15, 2011, thousands of people were killed due to a variety of reasons. A major cause of death in earthquakes is falling rubble of collapsing buildings.
For example, in the recent Christchurch Earthquake in New Zealand, almost the entire central business district was razed. The 6.3 magnitude quake struck at 12:51pm, while the city was full of workers. Hundreds of people were trapped within the rubble of two large buildings alone and this was the main cause of the 182 deaths.
As a group we decided for our group 4 project to explore the question, "What is the safest place in a room during an earthquake", not necessarily to come up with an answer to this question but to see what sort of answers are already available, see what people in our school community already know about earthquake safety and finally draft a conclusion based on the scientific research and opinions available to us.
Between us we already have a general knowledge, or rather basic education, of general earthquake safety. We have been told to do many things, some contradictory to each other. They include: standing in door ways, crouching under a solid table, curling up in the foetal position, standing by an elevator shaft, getting outside quickly and getting away from glass.
From now on, this blog will be dedicated to our research into this question, experiments, and any information we come across. Hopefully it will provide valuable knowledge for us and anyone who reads this.
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For example, in the recent Christchurch Earthquake in New Zealand, almost the entire central business district was razed. The 6.3 magnitude quake struck at 12:51pm, while the city was full of workers. Hundreds of people were trapped within the rubble of two large buildings alone and this was the main cause of the 182 deaths.
As a group we decided for our group 4 project to explore the question, "What is the safest place in a room during an earthquake", not necessarily to come up with an answer to this question but to see what sort of answers are already available, see what people in our school community already know about earthquake safety and finally draft a conclusion based on the scientific research and opinions available to us.
Between us we already have a general knowledge, or rather basic education, of general earthquake safety. We have been told to do many things, some contradictory to each other. They include: standing in door ways, crouching under a solid table, curling up in the foetal position, standing by an elevator shaft, getting outside quickly and getting away from glass.
From now on, this blog will be dedicated to our research into this question, experiments, and any information we come across. Hopefully it will provide valuable knowledge for us and anyone who reads this.
Sources:
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