What should you do after an Earthquake?

What should you do after an Earthquake? Generally, you need to do an immediate damage assessment. You can consult for the advices listed below.
First go turn off the gas , a leaky gas line could explode and take out your entire home . Look for cracks in the slab or any areas where the house carpet is lifted up. Then walk around the exterior of the house and see what happened ? Do you see downed fences, retaining walls, support structures holding up the garage at weird angles or any areas where your house was knocked off its foundation? Look also for water pipes which have been broken, if so shut off the main water line coming into the house. If there is extensive damage then that means the other neighbors have also and the entire area.

Then you have to worry about chaos and riots when entire neighborhoods and cities are damaged. Instruct your family to ration water, fill up your tubs with water now in case main water lines to the city have broken. Additionally, join in with your neighbors to form a support group and access all damage and get with other neighbors near by and find out what is going on. In the event of power outages, instruct all neighbors to turn off all appliances so it does not spike the system when everything turns back on. If the power is still out after several hours; figure out a plan for food and BBQ and have a street party, but do not waste your food; stick together and ride it out. Also plan what to do in case of huge fires or forced evacuation. Have a care package ready for your entire family for 5-days food and have it easily portable in case you have to pack up the SUV to get out of dodge. The best time to plan home security in the event of an Earthquake is before it happens, so think on this.