The earthquake drill started at 12:00, and the real earthquake occurred just minutes later.

Now earthquake drills and awareness programs may become a part of their curriculum as well.

These areas are subject to special building inspections and annual earthquake drills.

Hold earthquake drills with your family members: Drop, cover and hold on.

The school has earthquake drills twice a month, even though that many drills are not required.

And each school is supposed to hold monthly earthquake drills.

While fire drills have been around for years, earthquake drills grew out of exercises conducted during the cold war when concerns focused on nuclear attack.

Approximately one million people take part in earthquake drills in Tokyo every year.

Few, too, had ever taken part in earthquake drills or given much thought about what to do in an emergency.

My wife, Hiroko, primed by years of earthquake drills as a schoolgirl, took immediate charge.