Lucknow. In most situations, you can protect yourself. Just a little caution is needed. Get down on your hands and knees before the earthquake takes you down. This position protects you from falling. Cover your head and neck (and your entire body if possible) under a sturdy table or desk. If there is no shelter nearby, get down near an interior wall or low-lying furniture that will not fall on you, and cover your head and neck with your arms and hands until the shaking stops. Hold on to your shelter (or your head and neck) until it’s done. Be prepared to move with your shelter in case the jerk moves it. If you are inside, stay inside. Do not run outside or into another room during an earthquake. If you stay where you are, your chances of getting injured will be less.
Take these steps to reduce the chance of injury
If possible, within a few seconds before the shaking intensifies, quickly move away from glass, hanging objects, bookshelves, china cabinets, or other large furniture that could fall. Keep an eye out for falling objects, such as bricks from fireplaces and chimneys, light fixtures, wall hangings, tall cabinets, and cabinets with doors that can open. If available nearby, grab something to protect your head and face from falling debris and broken glass. If you’re in the kitchen, quickly turn off the stove and remove yourself at the first sign of movement. Cover up. If you are in bed, stay there with your head protected from the pillow. You are less likely to get injured by staying where you are. Broken glass on the floor can cause injury if you walk or roll on the floor.
Don’t stand in a doorway, you are safer under the table.
Do not stand at any door. You are safer under the table. In modern homes, doors are no stronger than any other part of the house. Doors do not protect you from the most likely sources of injury – falling or flying objects. Most earthquake-related injuries and deaths are caused by falling or flying objects (such as televisions, lamps, glass, or bookcases) or falling to the ground.
How to protect yourself from earthquake in a tall building
If you are in a tall building, move away from windows and exterior walls. Stay in the building and do not use the lift. The power may go out, and the sprinkler system may turn on. If you are stuck, stay calm. Try to get someone’s attention by tapping on hard or metal parts of the structure. Doing this can increase your chances of being saved. If you are outside, stay outside. Stay away from buildings, electrical wires, gas lines. The greatest danger from falling debris is outside the doors and near the outer walls of buildings. Go to an open area away from trees, telephone poles and buildings. Once in the open, get down and stay there until the shaking stops. The area near the external walls of a building is the most dangerous place. Windows, facades and architectural details are often the first parts of a building to collapse. Stay away from this danger area.
Protect yourself if an earthquake occurs while traveling in a car.
If you are in a moving vehicle, stop as quickly and safely as possible. Move your car to the shoulder or curb, away from utility poles, overhead wires and under- or overpasses. Stay in the car and set the parking brake. A car may shake violently on its springs, but this is a good place to stop until the shaking stops. Turn on the radio to broadcast emergency information.
If a power line falls on a car, stay inside until a trained person can remove the wire. When it is safe to start driving again, keep an eye out for earthquake hazards, such as broken sidewalks, downed utility poles. And fallen wires, rising water levels, fallen overpasses or collapsed bridges. If you are in a stadium or theater, stay in your seat.
Two earthquake tremors felt in Agra at 2:55, people came out of buildings.
Earthquake tremors were suddenly felt in Agra on Tuesday afternoon. As soon as the earthquake felt, people came out of residential and commercial buildings. There was a stampede at most places. In Sanjay Place, a commercial place in Agra, people came out of their offices and reached the open parking lot. People of Agra said that two earthquake tremors were felt at around 2:55 in the afternoon. They came out of all the offices located in Sanjay Place, the biggest commercial place of the city. People said that earthquake tremors were felt about twice.
When chairs and fans started shaking in Aaykar Bhawan
All the employees working in the Income Tax building located in Sanjay Place, Agra got scared at that time. When his chair and fan suddenly started shaking. The employees working in the office got scared and immediately started coming out of the building. Within no time, all the parking lots of Sanjay Place were filled with a crowd of people. People were asking each other how long had the earthquake lasted. And there was no loss of life due to the earthquake. It is being told that there were two earthquake shocks. These shocks were felt in many districts of Uttar Pradesh including Agra. The epicenter of this earthquake is being said to be Nepal.