What should you do if you are outside during an earthquake?

Answer 1

When you are outside during an earthquake, it is best to just go under anything hard and safe.

If you are at a school or open area, avoid ANY trees, power lines, or buildings that could damage your head or back (or anything, really) in any way

and duck and cover. If you're in a car, stop the car and stay in the car.

Hope this helped!

Answer 2

It depends where outside you are. If you're on farmland driving a tractor you're golden. In a boat? Stay right there and check for a tsunami warning. If not, you'll want to stay away from things like electrical lines and tall buildings that could shed some debris right on your head. In the city, it is probably safer to be indoors in any modern building than it is to be outside. Older buildings built of unreinforced masonary though can be dangerous inside and out due to falling bricks. Modern structures and wood frame housing are generally quite safe in an earthquake because they are flexible. It may feel like the building is going to collapse becasue of all the movement but they rarely do. If you are in your car and it is so strong that you feel it while driving, you might want to coast to a stop and then then procede with caution at any bridges or overpasses. Sometimes people don't see the missing piece of road until it's too late. Generally, in California at least, earthquakes are not strong enough to bring down overpasses or even older houses. The biggest danger during most earthquakes will probably be debris both indoors and outdoors. If it isn't bolted to the wall or glued down, it can fall on you. The aftermath of an earthquake is usually more dangerous. There can be dangerous breaks in roads, gas leaks that can cause fire, downed power lines to ignite the gas and fry everything else, and loss of electricity resulting in malfunctioning traffic lights making driving slow and dangerous especially at night.

Answer 3

Grab the kids, your wallet or purse and head for the nearest storm shelter.

Answer 4

Go on high ground .. Go out of town .. Take a Quick flight anywhere do get out of it

Answer 5

get inside