> My understanding is that advice today strongly suggests getting under something sturdy in the attempt to end up in a void during a collapse event. A table is

> My understanding is that advice today strongly suggests getting under something sturdy in the attempt to end up in a void during a collapse event. A table is sturdy? The doorframes here are made out of solid steel. It's literally the most sturdy place to be next to pillar. On top of that if the solid steel door gets stuck you will not leave the apartment until emergency services with steel drills or someone with welding equipment frees you from there. I'm a bit puzzled at what you were taught there. Contrary to the US, Taiwan has had proper earthquake compliant building codes that for the most part have been enforced(and reinforced) since the last disaster stuck the island over 20 years ago. For most places in the world outside of Japan, Taiwan, and a few other places an earthquake of this magnitude would be a mass casualty event.