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2.3 Earthquake Hazards and Safety
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Vocabulary
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 * Liquefaction**: this occurs when an earthquake's violent shaking suddenly turns loose, soft soil into liquid mud
 * Aftershock**: an earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake in the same area
 * Tsunamis**: if the earthquake is strong enough, the water displaced by the earthquake forms large waves
 * Base isolated building**: a building designed to reduce the amount of energy of energy that reaches

How Earthquakes Causes Damage

 * Local soil conditions
 * Liquefaction
 * Aftershocks
 * Tsunamis

Making Buildings Safer

 * Choice of Location
 * Another thing are the Construction Methods

Protecting yourself

 * There are different ways to protect yourself in an earthquake
 * You could hind under a table
 * Stand in a doorway
 * Or lean against an interior wall and duck and cover

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