i've lived in a non-earthquake zone most of my life, but now i live in st.louis. scientists are expecting a new earthquake soon because st.louis hasn't had one in a long time. but, since i've lived in a nonearthquake zone, i dont know what to do when that happens!
what sould i do, and what sould i expect to happen?
2007-03-03 06:23:32 · 4 answers · asked by Marissa 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
stay away from buildings ,sit on the ground
if you are in a building ,underneath the doorpost is safest.
we have earth quackes all the time here in Mexico.
2007-03-03 06:28:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is important to remember - "earthquakes don't kill people, buildings kill people." If it is at all possible you need to get outside, but this is usually not an option. As stated previously - a door frame is probably the safest place inside a building. Outside is always the best place to be in an earthquake - the worst that will happen is you will fall down. Just sit on the ground and you'll be fine.
After an earthquake it is VERY imporatant to get out of whatever building you may be in. For one thing, it may have been damaged by the quake even if it seems solid, so you don't want to be in there. For another - it is very likely that there will be aftershocks from the original quake which are often almost as strong as the first quake - since the building was most likely damaged by the first quake it is very possible that another weaker quake could cause the building to fail.
2007-03-03 17:30:36 · answer #2 · answered by brooks b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brace your self! I understand that you are worried about the big one coming. I have a good feeling that you will be just fine and that you might actually die, out of purly natural causes 50 or 60 years down the road, before this actually happens. I live by yellowstone the worlds largest volcano. Its 20,000 years over due for an erruption, but I am not running and hiding.
It is very very hard to predict earthquakes, especially in the region that you now live.
2007-03-07 12:13:12 · answer #3 · answered by Ry 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is always the dining table to get under. Stand in a doorway. Don't run outside if there is high tension wires out there, If it is in the clear outside that is the best choice. It is normally very short in time it may field like it was several minuets but it was only 30 sec.
2007-03-03 14:45:42 · answer #4 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋