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CHICAGO — The American Red Cross says residents should be aware of earthquake safety measures after a 3.8-magnitude earthquake hit northern Illinois this week.<\/p>\nCHICAGO — The American Red Cross says residents should be aware of earthquake safety measures after a 3.8-magnitude earthquake hit northern Illinois this week.<\/p>\n
The Red Cross says families should have a plan in case of an earthquake and suggests practicing ”drop, cover and hold on.”<\/p>\n
That means dropping under a sturdy desk or table, covering and protecting your eyes by pressing your face against your arm, and holding on. <\/span><\/p>\n It also advises staying indoors until any shaking stops and staying away from windows.<\/p>\n If you’re outdoors, the Red Cross says you should find a clear place away from buildings, trees and power lines and drop to the ground.<\/p>\n And if you’re in a car, you should slow down, drive to a clear place and stay in the car until the shaking stops.<\/p>\n Read the original article from Herald & Review<\/a>.<\/p>\n Distributed via Chicago Press Release Services<\/a><\/p>\n CHICAGO — The American Red Cross says residents should be aware of earthquake safety measures after a 3.8-magnitude earthquake hit northern Illinois this week. The Red Cross says families should have a plan in case of an earthquake and suggests practicing ”drop, cover and hold on.” That means dropping under a sturdy desk or table, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-306929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306929\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/img><\/a>
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