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Drop, cover and hold on, then get off the coast and out of damaged buildings. The order to follow, place by place, and who to call once the shaking…
By Kevin Crow · Oct 10, 2026
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If an earthquake hits while you are travelling, drop to your hands and knees, cover your head and neck, and hold on until the shaking stops. Do not run outside. When it stops, get out of any damaged building, and if you are near the sea, walk inland and…
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During shaking: drop, cover your head and neck, hold on. In bed: stay there, face down, pillow over your head and neck. Driving: pull over away from bridges and wires, set the parking brake, stay inside. When it stops, on a coast: walk inland and uphill now…
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Protect yourself where you are, because the shaking will be over before you reach a door. The US government's preparedness site, Ready.gov, gives three moves: drop onto your hands and knees, cover your head and neck with one arm and hand, and hold on until…
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The rule is the same everywhere: get low, protect your head, keep away from things that can fall. What can fall changes with the place, so this is how the guidance applies to the spots travellers actually find themselves in. The beach row is the one that…
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Get out of anything damaged, get away from the sea if you are near it, then account for yourself. Ready.gov says to leave a damaged building and move away from it, and never to go back into one. Cracks across a wall, a door that will not close, or the smell…
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Large earthquakes are followed by aftershocks for days or weeks, and some are big enough to finish off weakened buildings. The magnitude 7.7 earthquake that hit southern Panama on 9 October 2026 produced a magnitude 6.6 aftershock about two and a half hours…
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Local emergency services first if anyone is hurt, then your government, then your insurer. Your embassy cannot pull you out of rubble, but it can tell your family you are safe, replace a lost passport and pass on evacuation information. Save these numbers…
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Your airline owes you a refund or a new flight if it cancels, but rarely compensation, and your insurance decides the rest. Airlines treat earthquakes as outside their control, so EU and UK delay payouts do not apply. In the US, a cancelled or significantly…
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Stay put during the shaking, move with purpose afterwards, and make your calls in order. We have guided treks in Nepal since 1998, a country that lives with earthquakes, and the briefing we give is short on purpose: protect your head, get out of anything…
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No. Ready.gov tells people inside to stay inside and avoid doorways. Running exposes you to falling glass and masonry; drop, cover and hold on until the shaking stops. No. Ready.gov specifically advises avoiding doorways. Get under a sturdy table or against…
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What each alert level asks you to do, in the US, Japan and Indonesia. Airports, aftershocks and tsunami status, updated as figures come in. Why the date you bought the policy decides the claim. What to do in the first 48 hours. Sources: Ready.gov, Earthquakes…
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