I was in Richmond, VA when that earthquake hit a few years back. Everyone knew I was from L.A. and most yelled “(FD) what should we do?”
“GET UNDER A DESK!” I yelled from under the desk.
It’s been many years ago that I was a lineman for a local CATV company. IIRC it was ‘79 and I was doing a wreckout of of a local business. Being about 40’ on a utility pole when a 6.1 magnitude struck. No ducking in that situation.