r/interesting • u/HomeNowWTF • 22d ago

NATURE Experiencing an earthquake in an airport

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u/Malawakatta 22d ago

That couple on the left are standing right next to a table. Here in Japan, even children are taught from a young age to quickly get under a table to help protect themselves from falling debris during an earthquake.

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u/MrdrOfCrws 22d ago

They might not be from the area. If you didnt grow up in an earthquake prone area you probably weren't taught what to do.

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u/Brave-Marketing2163 22d ago

I've known this since I was a child, and am not from an earthquake prone area. I thought this was common knowledge

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u/gravityholding 21d ago

I'm not from an earthquake prone area, and I know this, but it's only because I read it in one of those Eyewitness books I borrowed from the school library for no real reason lol... We never learnt it at school or anything like that though, I can totally understand people not knowing