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When I was at UC Berkely in the early 2000's I had a professor in an intro engineering class tell us that hiding under desks during an earthquake is a terrible idea, and that it's actually better to hide next to walls. It was extremely convincing, but in the time sense I feel like I am still hearing and seeing recommendations to hide under desks.

Do you know the correct/formal recommendation from whatever earthquake association there is?

Thanks. Im surprised to hear that because the professor that taught me was, IIRC, a fairly prominent person in the world of earthquake research & safety, at least at the time. I recall him showing a video or something of the sort that was explicitly stating NOT to go under desks because it causes people to get crush, regardless of how sturdy it was (the sturdiest of desks is not going to hold up a roof falling through.

I may be misremembering some part of it, but thanks for clarifying - given the sources you cited it seems that must be the case!