Earthquakes

An earthquake is when two of the earth's plates slip past each other and cause the earth to shake. If you find yourself in a freakishly dangerous earthquake you either have to duck, cover or hold or you could do all three of them. There is a charity who helps people that has been part of an earthquake and they are called shelter box. They send big green boxes full of supplies to help people survive whilst they wait for help and they provide stuff for hot or cold country.

In 2010 the Haiti earthquake occurred it was 7.0 on the Richter Scale. 230,000 people died, 300,000 people had been hurt and 1,000,000 were made homeless (sad isn't it?)