Seconds Matter // Aftershocks Included
Earthquake Preparedness
Earthquakes compress decision time into seconds: drop, cover, hold on—then aftershocks, gas shutoff literacy, and the long night of inspecting what moved.
Northridge (Jan 17, 1994) is the U.S. urban wake-up call many still underestimate. Tohoku (Mar 11, 2011) is the tsunami-and-cascade reminder that the quake is only chapter one.
Home drills that matter
Secure tall furniture. Know shutoffs. Keep shoes and light by the bed. Store water where shelves will not murder it. Practice so kids do not freeze.
Continue exploring
In-app: Alerts for seismic notices where available, Checklist, Survival Guides, Wiki medical, Home gauges. Web pages are discovery teasers—full tools live in the Watchtower app. We keep the homepage hero clean on purpose; this directory lives in the footer maze.
Earthquakes do not RSVP. Keep Watchtower Checklist + offline first-aid guides ready before the shake map trends.