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  • DOESN'T IT SEEM LIKE THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF EARTHQUAKES LATELY? THAT'S CAUSE THERE

  • HAVE BEEN, SO DOES THIS MEAN THIS BIG ONE'S COMING? AND WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT?

  • HEY GUYS THIS IS ANNIE FOR DNEWS.

  • A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE STRUCK OFF THE COAST OF CHILE THIS WEEK, TRIGGERING 7 FT TSUNAMIS

  • AND MASS EVACUATIONS ALONG THE COUNTRY'S COASTAL AREAS.

  • THE 8.2 QUAKE NEAR CHILE COMES ON THE HEELS OF SEVERAL SMALLER QUAKES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

  • RECENTLY...BROUGHT TO LIFE BY THIS ONE AMAZING VIRAL VIDEO OF TWO NEWS ANCHORS FROM KTLA

  • BASICALLY NAILING EARTHQUAKE SAFETY PROTOCOL...

  • okay... it appears to have stopped... um, we're gonna jump right now to the uh...

  • FORTUNATELY, NO MAJOR DAMAGE IN EITHER CALIFORNIA OR CHILE IS REPORTED AT THIS POINT...BUT IT'S

  • RAISED ALARM AMONG SOME FOLKS THAT A "BIG ONE" IS COMING....A "BIG ONE" LIKE THE LA

  • NORTHRIDGE QUAKE IN 1994, WHICH KILLED DOZENS AND CAUSED 42 BILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGE...OR

  • LOMA PRIETA IN SAN FRANCISCO IN 1989, WHICH KILLED 63 AND BADLY EFFED UP INFRASTRUCTURE

  • IN THE BAY AREA. OF COURSE, THERE HAVE BEEN FAR WORSE QUAKES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD

  • - LIKE THE 2010 QUAKE THAT DEVASTATED HAITI.

  • CAN WE PREDICT WHEN MAJOR QUAKES WILL HAPPEN? UNFORTUNATELY AT THIS POINT, ONLY VERY VERY

  • GENERALLY.

  • QUAKES ARE CAUSED BY SHIFTING TECTONIC PLATES, AND THE AREAS MOST AT RISK ARE PLACES THAT

  • SIT ALONG THESE FAULT LINES. BUT THAT RISK CAN BE AGGRAVATED BY MAN-MADE FACTORS THAT

  • CAN EXERT EXTRA PRESSURE ON NATURALLY OCCURRING SEISMIC ACTIVITY. THE BEST KNOWN EXAMPLE OF

  • THIS IS THE Sichuan PROVINCE OF CHINA, WHICH HAD A MAJOR QUAKE IN 2008 THAT'S BELIEVED

  • TO HAVE BEEN TRIGGERED IN PART BY A DAM IN THE AREA. BECAUSE OF THE MANY POTENTIAL TRIGGERS

  • - WHICH COULD INCLUDE ANYTHING FROM RESERVOIRS, MINING OR FRACKING - SCIENTISTS CAN IDENTIFY

  • PARTS OF THE WORLD THAT ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE A QUAKE, BUT CAN'T SAY WHEN THEY WILL HAPPEN

  • WITH ANY USEFUL LEVEL OF ACCURACY.

  • IN FACT, ANIMALS MIGHT BE MUCH BETTER AT SENSING QUAKES THAN HUMANS. JUST BEFORE A 2009 QUAKE

  • IN ITALY FOR EXAMPLE, 96% OF MALE TOADS DITCHED THEIR BREEDING SITE IN THE AREA JUST DAYS

  • BEFORE THE QUAKE.

  • BUT CAN WE PREPARE FOR AN EARTHQUAKE...SURE.

  • IN PLACES LIKE CALIFORNIA OR CHILE THAT BASICALLY SIT ON ACTIVE FAULTS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE

  • GOTTEN BETTER AT PREPPING INFRASTRUCTURE - AND PEOPLE - FOR MAJOR JOLTS. IN THE BAY AREA

  • FOR EXAMPLE, ENGINEERS SPENT YEARS RETROFITTING THE BAY BRIDGE TO OAKLAND WITH ADDITIONAL

  • DIAGONALS AND OTHER FEATURES THAT CAN HELP CUSHION AGAINST THE SIDE TO SIDE ROCKING THAT

  • CAN CAUSE FAILURE.

  • BUT NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT NOT TO DO IN THE EVENT OF A QUAKE. FEEL

  • FREE TO MILDLY FREAK OUT - LIKE OUR NEWS ANCHOR FRIENDS - BUT PLEASE RESIST THE URGE TO RUN

  • SCREAMING INTO THE STREET DURING AN EARTHQUAKE, AS OUR INTERN KENNY KINDLY DEMONSTRATES FOR

  • US HERE. YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO GET HIT WITH FALLING OBJECTS THAT CAN HARM YOU THAT WAY.

  • YOUR BEST BET IS TO DUCK AND COVER UNDER A DESK OR TABLE, OR STAND IN A DOORWAY. IF YOU'RE

  • OUTSIDE, GET OUT IN THE OPEN AWAY FROM POWER LINES OR OTHER THINGS THAT COULD FALL ON YOU.

  • AND AS WITH ANY POTENTIAL EMERGENCY, IT CAN'T HURT TO HAVE SOME BASIC SUPPLIES AROUND YOUR

  • HOME IN THE EVENT OF POWER FAILURE. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, WE'LL LEAVE SOME OTHER RESOURCES

  • IN THE LINKS BELOW.

  • HAVE YOU LIVED THROUGH AN EARTHQUAKE OR OTHER DISASTER? IF SO I'D LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR

  • EXPERIENCE. YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH THE SHOW ON TWITTER AT DNEWS OR ON FACEBOOK AT

  • DISCOVERY NEWS. YOU CAN ALSO FIND ME PERSONALLY AT ANNIEGAUS ON TWITTER AND AT MY OTHER SHOW,

  • WHATS THE BIG DEAL.

  • THANKS FOR WATCHING AND SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

DOESN'T IT SEEM LIKE THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF EARTHQUAKES LATELY? THAT'S CAUSE THERE

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