Personal Response 4 : Earthquakes

You've all probably heard of earthquake in China, right? Today, I'm going to explain some things on earthquakes. Earthquakes are caused by underground stress that's released along fault lines under the Earth's surface, which make the plates of the Earth move, which split the Earth's surface. In an event of an earthquake, people indoors should quickly move to a safe location in the room such as under a strong desk, a strong table, or along an interior wall. This is to ensure that the person is shielded from any falling debris. Scientists can predict earthquakes. A group(I think) of scientists were trying to predict the Sichuan earthquake. But, they can only predict where the earthquakes will happen, but not when. Earthquakes have happened almost everywhere in the world. Every continent has had at least one or two earthquakes before. The reason why earthquakes happen is because these countries are located along fault lines. I don't think Singapore will ever get hit by an earthquake, but there's still a chance that we might get an earthquake.