In this video, Veronica Cedillos, director of GeoHazards, and Gerardo Suarez, a geophysical engineer with the National University of Mexico, debunk 13 myths about earthquakes and earthquake safety.

Among their insights: why a doorway isn’t actually the safest place to take cover, how the ‘Triangle of Life’ could actually put you in more danger, and there’s no such thing as ‘earthquake weather’.

View the original video here.

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