I feel a sudden urge to share this before I go offline again.
“HEAD FOR THE DOORWAY.”
An enduring earthquake image of California is a collapsed adobe home with the door frame as the only standing part. From this came our belief that a doorway is the safest place to be during an earthquake. True- if you live in an old, unreinforced adobe house. In modern houses, doorways are no stronger than any other part of the house. You are safer under a table.
Taken From: http://www.earthquakecountry.org