Question

Suppose you are outside your home and an earthquake strikes. What precautions among the following options you should take?
(the question has multiple correct options)
A. Try to find a clear spot, away from buildings, trees and overhead power lines. Drop to the ground.
B. If you are in a car or a bus, do not come out. Ask the driver to drive slowly to a clear spot. Do not come out till the tremors stop.
C. Get under a building so that nothing falls on your head.
D. Try and move immediately to a place where you would feel it is safe.

Answer 1

Hint: An earthquake is the shaking of the earth’s surface. This is caused by the sudden release of sudden energy in the Earth’s Lithosphere. An earthquake can cause a variety of damages, A building can collapse upon itself and bury everything that is in the building. Overhead power cables could break and the loose ends could electrocute anything they touch. Precaution should be taken to protect oneself from these possible damages.

Complete step by step answer:
An earthquake is the shaking of the earth’s surface. This is caused by the sudden release of sudden energy in the Earth’s Lithosphere. This release of energy creates seismic waves and that in turn creates tremors and shakes the earth’s surface.
This shaking of the earth’s surface can cause a lot of damage depending upon the strength of the earthquake. Buildings and trees could fall and crush anything on their path. A building can collapse upon itself and bury everything that is in the building. Overhead power cables could break and the loose ends could electrocute anything they touch.
Keeping these things in mind the precautions we should take are:
We should try to find a spot that is clear and away from buildings, trees and overhead power lines. And we should drop to the ground and cover our heads.
Cars and vehicles of that sort could provide a good shelter against any falling debris. So, we should not come off the vehicle and try to drive to a spot clear of establishments to further decrease the chances of falling debris.

So, the correct answer is “Option A and B”.

Note: The strength of earthquakes magnitude or size is measured in Richter Scale. It was designed by Charles F. Richter and Beno Gutenberg. For measuring the strength of the earthquake, a seismograph is used. The rating of the Earthquake is calculated by taking the logarithm of the height of the largest seismic wave measured by the seismograph.