Believe it or not, the strong earthquake have been a nightmare for the people in the Philippines, China, Mexico, Japan, Indonesia, Guatemala, and other countries since years ago Thinking of chances either they are will be able awake or not after slept makes them different from others.

What makes them different from us who are living in safe places? Don’t they notice that they will be buried underneath anytime the earthquake may strike? The truth is, they are well prepared for it. In fact, it’s believed the main reason of getting hurt and even dies during the earthquake because of failure to prepare emergency survival kit and panic. We should recognize that the rate of survival would be depending on the successful of preparation before the emergencies.

How to increase our chances of survival? It is imperative to have a regular earthquake drill at our place. It’s vital to having a quick reaction and keeps us in our feet when the real comes. Then, we are able to know the rules of thumb such as to duck and keep off any heavy stuff that might fall on anybody, prepared and keeping nearby the earthquake packs containing survival kit, food packs, extra flashlight, extra batteries, several gallons of waters and knowing the right ways to a safer places.

Additionally, if we are inside the mall, make sure that we are away from any heavy stuff and if inside stadium, just duck under the seat and wait until everything clears up. It would be better, if we can prepare two person survival kits in case we are hanging out with friends when an earthquake occurs. Prevention is always better than cure is always being an effective and sufficient ways of earthquake emergency preparation.