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Toppling massive buildings, splitting the unwavering ground, starting fires and staring death in the face, everyone can distinguish the terrors and impacts of an Earthquake yet few understand the procedures of self-preservation when actually in one.

Australians are extremely fortunate to be living in the middle of the (Indo-)Australia continental plate, which means that although the citizens may have their fair share of droughts and cyclones, earthquakes are definitely not on the agenda.

Places such as Indonesia, the Caribbean, Japan, and some parts of the Middle East are not so fortunate. They lie on seismically active plates and experience many quakes throughout their history (refer to Figure 1); many devastating and costly. The only difference between these high-risk earthquake zones is the ability of the people and government of the country to recover after the catastrophe, in creating innovative technologies so that the natural hazard does not become a natural disaster.

= FIGURE 1 = The Tectonic Plates of the World. Arrows show in which direction they are moving. Cited from **//http://academic.evergreen.edu/g/grossmaz/HAMMVM/index.html//**

== Helping to clear the rubble, Chinese soldiers stand in line to pass debris down from the destruction. //**http://www.bmwnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/china-earthquake.jpg**//

Relief services help the unfortunate in Haiti (Haiti Earthquake 2009) //**http://www.acclaimimages.com/_gallery/_free_images/0420-1002-2714-1326_haitian_earthquake_relief_effort_m.jpg**//

Distressted and misplaced, mourning for their loved ones. Their houses destroyed, they have no where to go. //**http://media.nola.com/news_impact/photo/haiti-earthquake-crowdjpg-6f2d317ab5a8eb2e_large.jpg**//

Another person found amongst the ruins, barely breathing. //**http://thetbjoshuafanclub.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/haiti-earthquake.jpg**//