When indoors, quickly hide beside the solid edge of the bed, the bathroom, the small kitchen, the small storage room, the corner of the inner load-bearing wall, the wall root and the fixed wardrobe.
Remember to pay attention to the moving things on your head when you are avoiding to avoid being injured by the shaking of the earthquake. Protect your head and cover your mouth and nose with what you have at hand to avoid hurting your brain or choking on sand and smoke.
Pay attention to your posture when you avoid it. Try to shrink your body and get down. Cover your head and nose with an object, and grab a fixture (corner or table corner) with your other hand. If there are no graspable fixtures and objects to protect your head, you should take a self-protection posture, keep your head as close to your chest as possible, keep your mouth closed, and put your hands behind your neck to protect your head or neck.
When the vibration stops, leave your residence immediately. If you live in a high-rise building, remember not to use the elevator and evacuate to an open and safe area.
During an earthquake, do not take the following actions:
1. Don't take the elevator. During an earthquake, the elevator may be seriously deformed and life-threatening, or it cannot escape without power supply.
2. Do not go to the balcony. If the building is damaged, the balcony is the most vulnerable place.
3. Don't go to the window or the outer wall. If buildings are damaged, windows and external walls are easily damaged.
4. Don't look for clothes or valuables. Life is precious, so it is important to escape.
5. Don't lie in bed or on the ground. This is a dangerous area.
6. Never jump off a building. Facts have proved that jumping off a building is suicide, unless, of course, your family lives on the first floor.
People who are outdoors should quickly look around and move to a safe place according to their location, away from buildings, especially don't go into buildings to get things or save people. Pedestrians on the street should quickly leave dangerous facilities, equipment, fences and narrow passages such as telephone poles, street lamps, transformers, chimneys and tall buildings.
When an earthquake happens, don't panic, don't run around, judge calmly and get safe.