National Preparedness Month: Earthquakes
Story by Pfc. Margaret Gale
MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – An earthquake is the sudden, rapid shaking of the earth caused by breaking and shifting subterranean rock as it releases strain that has accumulated over a long period of time. Although earthquakes are often known to occur in the West Coast, the natural disaster can happen at any time anywhere in the United States.
