Drop, Cover, Hold

People throughout New Zealand participated in an earthquake drill today, the Great Shakeout Earthquake Drill. 
In an earthquake, it is safer to 

• (drop) to the floor 
• (cover)  get under a desk ot table 
• and (hold) the legs of the table to stop it crashing over

We live on the Pacific Ring of Fire. That is why we have volcanic activity. Auckland is built on 50 volcanoes. Rotorua is an active thermal area with geysers and mud pools.





Unfortunately, we also have earthquakes. The Christchurch earhquake in 2011, killed 185 people and did a lot of damage. Christchurch is still being rebuilt today.