“Duck, cover, and hold on,” Michele Cooke, a UMass Amherst professor in the Department of Earth, Geographic and Climate Sciences, told the Herald after Friday’s earthquake. “Get down ...

For years, experts have said that if there’s an earthquake we should "Duck, Cover and Hold." That is, duck under something strong — like a desk — then stay under cover and hold on until the ...

The drill will last for one minute. Experts recommend if you feel an earthquake, remember: Duck, Cover, and Hold. Duck under the nearest sturdy table or surface, cover your head and hold onto your ...

We'd like to duck, cover and hold as we consider the departure of King County's emergency director, Eric Holdeman. The region is far from ready for the next earthquake, tsunami or other disaster.

That’s precisely why both government and private sector conduct regular mock drills to remind people about three life-saving actions to do in case of earthquake: “duck, hold, and cover.” ...

The Criminal Courts Building in LA's Civic Center was evacuated as part of the drill, while at City Hall, USGS seismologist Lucy Jones led office workers in a duck-cover-and-hold drill.

At 10:17 a.m. in Edison’s Emergency Operations Center about 100 employees practiced “duck, cover, and hold on” — a rule that more and more Southern Californians are remembering and ...

Maple Lawn Elementary School fourth-grader Diego Morales and deskmate Samuel Sharey, both 9, take cover under their desk during an earthquake drill Oct. 15 at the school. LEE GILES III Staff ...

Pupils of the Noveleta Elementary School in Barangay San Rafael, Cavite duck, cover and hold during the earthquake drill to commemorate the 4th Quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake and ...

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga (PIA) — Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Central Luzon emphasized that “Duck, Cover, and Hold” is important during earthquakes. The public must not panic and perform the ...

Government agencies, together with civil society partners, hope to remind the public what to do in the event of an earthquake: duck, take cover, and hold on until the shaking stops. Rappler ...