What should you do if there is a earthquake?

Answer 1

When the shaking stops, look around to make sure it is safe to move. Then exit the building.

Check on the elderly and disabled, and children who need help.

Use the telephone only for emergency calls.

Look for and extinguish small fires. Fire is the most common hazard after an earthquake.

Open cabinet and closet doors cautiously.

Check for gas leaks, look for electrical system damage, and check for sewage and water lines damage.

Answer 2

Stay calm, move away from windows indoors and away from power lines outdoors. Your safest location is on firm ground away from buildings and trees. Do not stay on steeply sloping ground as this may give way. Avoid driving, especially on elevated roadways. Do not enter damaged homes until they can be checked for structural damage.

Keep a portable supply of food and water, and first aid supplies handy in case you must abandon your residence. Leave out whatever food and water you can for pets that are not able to go with you.

Answer 3

• DROP to the ground; take COVER by getting under a sturdy table or other piece of furniture; and HOLD ON until the shaking stops. If there isn't a table or desk near you, cover your face and head with your arms and crouch in an inside corner of the building.
• Stay away from glass, windows, outside doors and walls, and anything that could fall, such as lighting fixtures or furniture.
• Stay in bed if you are there when the earthquake strikes. Hold on and protect your head with a pillow, unless you are under a heavy light fixture that could fall. In that case, move to the nearest safe place.
• Use a doorway for shelter only if it is in close proximity to you and if you know it is a strongly supported, loadbearing doorway.
• Stay inside until the shaking stops and it is safe to go outside. Research has shown that most injuries occur when people inside buildings attempt to move to a different location inside the building or try to leave.

Answer 4

During an earthquake, you are supposed to go under a doorway or go in something heavy like a closet. If you are outside and near buildings, you should move away from them as fast as possible, because they could come crashing down, and hit you. Lastly, if you hear a hissing noise or smell gas, quickly go away!

Answer 5

Pack a first aid kit food and water to last three days atleast and prepare for aftershocks. Answered by xiana walton

Answer 6

-Be on the look out for electrical or gas lines that might be broken

-stay out of damaged buildings

Answer 7

stay inside! Large aftershocks are likely and and buildings that were still standing could collapse.

Answer 8

Some buildings in Peru have 'safe points' at the top most floor

So they say if theres an earthquake, you go up there.