Where the different tectonic plates meet
the safest place during an earthquake is probably in the highest place you can be
2009
fiftyfive
1964
1988
if the earthquake is unexpected i would run to the safest place and drop cover and hold.
If you are flying in an airplane when an earthquake occurs, you will not feel it. It would be a relief to take off right before an earthquake struck the place you departed from, assuming you don't have any relatives or friends to worry about. Once airborne, your plane will still need a safe place to land, however.
china
In the top part of the mantle and on land.
hati next new york
Port-Au-prince
January 12, 2010