A worker practices "drop, cover, and hold on" under a conveyor belt as boxes fall during a ShakeOut earthquake drill at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in Los Angeles Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023.

People ducked under desks and tables in California and around the world for an annual drill practicing ways to stay safe during earthquakes.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — People ducked under desks and tables in California and other earthquake-prone areas around the world for an annual drill held Thursday to practice ways to stay safe ...

Residents of earthquake zones 'drop, cover and hold on' during annual ShakeOut quake drill Up and down the West Coast, the ShakeOut drill began at 10:19 a.m.

For a fire, stop, drop and roll. For an earthquake, drop, cover and hold on.