how could people escapes from earthquakes?
407197
move out of California. It is like the Devil made a deal with the state's first governor. "Oh, I'll give you sunshine...when i knock the roof off your house, home boy!" \n\nYeah, stay away from Cali.
268055
Earthquakes allow the tectonic plates to move or slide past one another which changes the landscape.  Earthquakes can create giant voids or massive cliffs depending on the type of plate movement you have.  Earthquakes and plate boundaries also allow the earth to recycle the crust and form new crust.
129447
There is a point at which no structure can withstand an earthquake, but the main ways currently used are:\nA. The building has the ability to flex to some degree.\nB. They are constructed on large rollers or ball bearings.\nC. They are constructed on large hydraulic pistons or springs.\n\nThe Japanese lead in this technology.
264419
Found 10:\n1. Stay or go indoors! \n2. Stay away from anything that could conduct electricity.\n3. Don't use any plug-in electrical appliances like hair dryers, electric toothbrushes, \n4. Don't use the telephone during the storm. \n5. Stay in your automobile if you are traveling. \n6. Don't use metal objects outside, like fishing rods and golf clubs. \n7. Get out of the water. \n8. If you're outdoors, seek shelter from lightning! \n9. If you can't find shelter, avoid the tallest object in the area. \n10. When you feel the electrical charge, drop to the ground immediately!
118363
There have been different studies as to the prediction of earthquakes.  Many people have ideas such as measuring the movement of the Earth.  I have even seen a report of a man that said he could predict earthquakes using a glass pop bottle many years ago.  Having spent half my life in earthquake country the one method that aways holds true is dogs will start barking for absolutely no reason for about 15 minutes before an earthquake.
941226
There are no earthquake-safe bridges or buildings. They  can be re-inforced to be earthquake resistant but when the 'big one' hits, they're all coming down. I'm talking about the 9.5 subduction zone quake that is due on the US west coast at any time.
408202
According to the USGS, not really. In fact, such an attempt could actually have the opposite effect. The types of forces involved in an earthquake are enormous, and significantly beyond the strength of modern human-made structures. Even if we had the technology to stop earthquakes, it would be impossible for us to predict where the next big one would be. The best we can do is to be able to prepare better in the case of an earthquake, and to build structures that are able to withstand large earthquakes. \n\nThe link below will give you further information. It's pretty good.
1181105
I lived in L.A. for twenty years - and I'd rather be in an earthquake.  Most of them don't do much damage, they're over quickly enough and aftershocks are rarely bigger than the original quake.  For the most part, people know what to do when the Earth starts to move, and there often aren't any fatalities or even injuries.\n\nYou might be able to get away from a hurricane because you have warning, but overall the damage is much more severe and all encompassing than an earthquake, and because you've left, you don't always know what's going on with your home.\n\nI'd take my chances with an earthquake, thanks.
838232
How to stay alive with humans on it.
189525
Keep a selection of canned goods, Bottled water, candles, Flashlights, a basic first aid kit, dry clothing and blankets. Allow enough for 5 days for the whole family and add enough for an extra person so as you wont go short. Also some cash as teller machines could be out for a while. Other than that Things are specific for each type of disaster. (you need other things for a earthquake than for a tidal wave or volcanic explosion.
854011
Earthquakes are the Earth's natural means of releasing stress. When the Earth's plates move against each other, stress is put on the lithosphere. When this stress is great enough, the lithosphere. \n\nAs the plates move they put forces on themselves and each other. When the force is large enough, the crust is forced to break. When the break occurs, the stress is released as energy which moves through the Earth in the form of waves, which we feel and call an earthquake. \n\nThe earth is made of around 7 major plates. These plates are part of the earths crust and are floating of top of an area of the earth known as the mantle. This is the driving mechanism for the plates. Most Earthquakes are caused by Plate Tectonics. The earth's crust consists of a number of sections or plates that float on the molten rock of the mantle. These plates move on convection currents caused by heat rising from the center of the earth. The hot magma rises and spreads out on the surface, creating new crust. The crust spreads out forming a new plate until it meets another plate. One of the plates will be pushed down into the interior of the earth and reabsorbed into the mantle. Plates can also be compressed to push up mountains when they collide or move sideways along what are known as transform faults. the other 2 faults are known as divergent faults which is when 2 paltes slowly move away from each other and converegent faults which is when 2 plates push against each other.\n\nThe plates are the Earth's crust that float on the molten rock in the center of the Earth. Most of the inside of the Earth is so hot that the rock just simply melts away. The molten rock, which is also known as magma, bubbles up very slowly in great currents under the surface of the Earth. The crust that floats on the magma moves with it. The Plates are just pieces of the crust. Just like a giant jigsaw puzzle. The part that makes it hard to understand is that it all moves extremely slowly. Just a few cm a year, roughly at the same rate a your finger nails are growing. \n\nHope this has helped you out a bit
986740
Read read read\n\nLots of books on living in the outdoors, medical reference book for injurys, outdoor cooking book, boy scout manual and others.\n\nI would also suggest you see if you can locate a "survival camp" that they train people for religious or other purposes to survive in the mountains without civilization's usual perks.  Best to take a buddy with you, as if you become seriously injured, you may put yourself in harm's way and end up dying needlessly.
225628
yes you can detect an earthquake. there are all kinds of instruments to help you.
142973
Yeah, like the guy above me said. More elequently, it's not knowing WHERE they are going to go, but WHEN.\n\nIt is virtually impossible to tell exactly when sudden displacement along a fault will occur, although the fact that it will eventually occur can be predicted. This is done by comparing the displacement of regions along the fault that move regularly (and without violent earthquakes) to quiet regions that are not experiencing any little quakes. It's the quiet regions that are to be worried about. They just sit and build up elastic potential and then snap all at once without warning.\n\nRule of thumb, do not live along active fault zones, nor on top of any tsunamite deposits (can be recognized by large angular blocks deposited in a diamicton).
197815
Get out with your family members and pets if at all possible.  Call 911 from a neighbors.  Lives are more important than saving a structure.
747847
I'm sorry to tell you that the spread of pathogens is an ever present danger during and after any earthquake. Just look at the recent example in Pakistan, just a few months ago. \nThey are thankful my fellow American doctors helped as much as humanly possible!\nTake care and be safe !!!
22885
a natural disaster such as earthquakes are possible anywhere.  just some areas (along fault lines) are more prone to the effects.  For my money, i would be most worried about a large volcano that spews ash into the atmosphere and causes the earth's climate to dramatically change.  Not much you can do about that!