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Earthquake Safety: Before, During, After

The document provides guidance on what to do before, during, and after an earthquake. It advises preparing your home to be earthquake ready, dropping down and taking cover under sturdy furniture during shaking, and expecting aftershocks after the initial quake ends.

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Earthquake Safety: Before, During, After

The document provides guidance on what to do before, during, and after an earthquake. It advises preparing your home to be earthquake ready, dropping down and taking cover under sturdy furniture during shaking, and expecting aftershocks after the initial quake ends.

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BEFORE DURING AFTER

IDENTIFY strong hiding places DROP DOWN to your hands


in your house such as under a
CHECK yourself and your family
and knees to prevent falling
table, bed or bench for bruises and injuries
over
TAKE COVER under strong
DROP DOWN furniture and cover your head
PRACTISE what to do when an EXPECT AFTERSHOCKS these
TAKE COVER and neck
Earthquake strikes can be even bigger than the first
HOLD ON HOLD ON to the furniture and earthquake
wait for the earthquake to
PREPARE your house so it is stop
earthquake ready. Put heavy or
BEWARE of fires and the other
sharp objects on or near to the
hazards listed below and make sure
ground, fix furniture to the wall
IF OUTDOORS go to a clear that your gas or oil containers are
and keep gas and oil containers
open space and sit down on the not leaking
closed
ground

COLLECT SUPPLIES like extra LISTEN to the radio for official


IF IN BED hold on to the bed
firewood, food and water and announcements
frame and put a pillow over your
put these in an accessible place
head

BE AWARE OF THESE OTHER HAZARDS


TSUNAMI LANDSLIDE FIRE
Earthquakes can trigger
Earthquakes can trigger Earthquakes can cause gas and oil
tsunamis. If you are near
landslides, stay away containers to leak which can lead to
the coast or a river and
from steep cliffs and a fire. Check your fuel containers
you feel a big earth-
slopes as they might once the earthquake has stopped!
quake, expect a tsunami
collapse
and act accordingly

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