Originally Posted by DebsShelties
The safest place in an Earthquake is OUTSIDE in the open where things can't fall on top of you! Especially if you are near the center and buildings are coming down.
A doorway or under a table is for tornados.
I used to live in San Diego, we had Earthquakes a lot. Everyone knew what to do when they happened.
Table or a doorway are not going to protect you if the structure comes down.
this is totally true and why when the large earthquake hit the Bay area there were so many deaths. I lived there then and couldn't wait to get back to the east coast. We had a month of aftershocks that did more damage to my house than the earthquake did. We lived on an island and there was no safe way off of it. Now we know we get them here but I'm still glad I came back here (I've lived here mostly since 74) at least the chances of us getting one is very slim.