Earthquake Hits During Evening Newscast

The scariest thing for me about an earthquake is, you never know how strong it's going to get or how long it's going to last. That fear of the unknown is absolutely terrifying.

Many people who have no experience with strong earthquakes just wait until shaking peaks to go under something. But you gotta do it the second you felt it, when it's still light in the beginning. Because if it's a strong one, you may not able able to do it when it peaks.

She was a classmate of mine in high school. Such a down to earth girl. All those California earthquake drills growing up taught us well!

You gotta hand it to them for continuing to be professional and informative right up to the moment their lives became severely threatened

I absolutely love how she touches his arm... it's her primal instinct...

He was like there not going to make fun of me tomorrow I need to man up😂😂😂

The thing is, there are heavy lights and scaffolding above them. So it’s not a small concern.

I'm a veteran of Earthquakes, as well. I experienced those Earthquakes, when I was in Junior High. That was in 1989.

I remember when Kent Shocknek dove under the news desk years ago. He was labeled a coward and renamed Kent AfterShocknek. This guy didn't want to suffer the same ridicule, but he put his life at risk.

Him:wow..yeah...earthquakes are a thing..yep..cool yeah Her: panic attack

I have experienced a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 and an intensity of VII. It happened a few kilometers from the epicenter, which is in Padada, Davao del Sur, Philippines, at a depth of 30 kilometers. I gathered this data from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). The lesson I have learned from this experience is that the moment you realize there is an earthquake, whether it is strong or not, please make sure that you are in a safe place. If there is a durable furniture like a table near you then hide from there. Trust me, there is a quake that starts stronger than you could ever imagine. The quake that I have experienced is too strong; you cannot stand up; it will make you dizzy. If you try to run, you may stumble. You cannot even clearly see your surroundings during the shake. It was the end of the world kind of feeling. That's what I thought. It was scary, to be honest. Until now, whenever I think about it, it gives me chills.

"i think we need to get under the desk" baby, you know it.

" Get under the desk "😂😂😅 "Wow"

i loved how the man is chill even tho the earthquake is happending

I think as newscasters and informers, they should have immediately went under, and told everybody to do the same as that is the protocol for scenarios like this. One, it makes the situation safer for them. Two, it will be informative for everybody watching live. You don't wait for an earthquake to peak, or wait for a 100 pound light source to fall off the ceiling. You take cover asap. This was a missed opportunity to have demonstrated the safety protocol with an actual earthquake.

Very professional and maybe not so smart. Don't you have like hundreds of pounds of lights hanging over you?!?! Get under the desk!!

As a Chilean, when there is a tremor or earthquake, if you can, stay where you are, or move calmly to a place where there are no objects that can fall, the majority of accidents or deaths are because people run away in terror and fall, they are trampled or collide with something, as I always say "Don't run, it's shaking outside too"

Same happened for Mia's mother when the earthquake hit. She went beneath the table and caught something to support.

Much respect for our news anchors

It's astounding to see how NOT are they trained to instruct viewers to protect their safety in case of major earthquakes. I strongly believe that they have to be capable to handle that right after they started feeling a major earthquake. At least she suggested getting under the desk (and she actually did at the end), which is great. But he somehow didn't listen to her and went on to say "alright, we're gonna go to break and we'll be right back" Really??? He could have told the viewers to shut off gas valves, get under the desk and protect their safety. When a catastrophic earthquake hits California, you could save many of your viewers lives by doing so. Otherwise, many of them could lose their lives by watching the show. I hope ALL of TV News anchors will be able to handle that by the next major earthquake!