Donate SIGN UP
Home > Science > Earthquakes

Earthquakes

Avatar Image
lonzuk | 08:12 Mon 16th Oct 2006 | Science
4 Answers
I've just been reading about the earthquakes in Hawaii and i've noticed a lot of people's accounts include them diving for doorways to stand in. Is there any reason that standing in a doorway during an earthquake is safer than say lying on your couch?
prev which telescope to buy?
  
next daddy long legs?
Gravatar

Answers

1 to 4 of 4rss feed

Best Answer

No best answer has yet been selected by lonzuk. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.

For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.
Avatar Image mibn2cweus
If the wall falls down all will be clear, besides, this way you have a choice in which way you go.
08:20 Mon 16th Oct 2006
Avatar Image rojash
Plus there is a frame round the door, and a lintel above, so you are unlikely to get hit by falling bits of the floor above. If you check out photos of partially collapsed buildings, you will notice that the door frames are standing up in the ruins.
08:26 Mon 16th Oct 2006
Avatar Image CT
The safest place to be is actually supposed to be under a sturdy table. Standing in a door frame is not supposedly as safe as it's made out to be.
19:19 Mon 16th Oct 2006
Avatar Image bookermel
Ah! So what if you drag the sturdy table beneath the door frame? Hmmm!
20:49 Mon 16th Oct 2006

1 to 4 of 4rss feed

Do you know the answer?

Earthquakes

Answer Question >>