Know the school’s emergency plan, and keep your kids’ emergency release cards up to date. Designate a person outside your area (at least 100 miles away) as a message contact .

Earthquakes aren't predictable, ... 2015. At the time, he urged people to have an escape plan ready, warning of a profoundly dangerous earthquake of 8.8 magnitude or higher.

If Friday morning's 4.8 earthquake ... to predict earthquakes — a phenomenon called Seismic Escape Response — and science has even suggested that ... and make an evacuation plan.

In 2012, scientists predicted a 37% chance that this megathrust earthquake could happen within 50 years. It will take years to build a safe bridge, so we need to start this process.