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Summary
- During an earthquake, Ready.gov advises: drop to hands and knees, cover head and neck, and hold on until the shaking stops; anyone trapped should text or bang on a pipe or wall.
- The 1928 Book of Common Prayer Litany prays “from earthquake, fire, and flood,” the Catholic Litany of the Saints adds “From the scourge of earthquakes” for the Forty Hours’ Devotion, and the Orthodox Litiya asks God to preserve every land from earthquake.
- Short prayers cover the trapped, the injured, searching families, mourners, children, the homeless, rescuers, aftershocks, relatives far away, and rebuilding.
- Jesus denied that the eighteen killed by the tower of Siloam were worse sinners than others (Luke 13:4–5).
- Popular devotions linked with earthquakes include Saint Emygdius of Ascoli, Lima’s Lord of Miracles, and Santiago’s Christ of May.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (1611), text of Project Gutenberg eBook no. 10 (1 Kings 19:11–12; Psalm 46:1–3; 127:1; Isaiah 26:3; 40:29; Matthew 5:4; 24:7–8; 25:35; Mark 10:14; Luke 13:4–5; 15:4; John 9:3; Acts 16:26; Philippians 4:19). https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10
- The Book of Common Prayer (Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A.), Standard Book of 1928. The Litany, p. 54. PDF facsimile: https://www.artisticdailyprayers.org/uploads/3/0/1/6/30164961/bcp1928std.pdf
- Lasance, Francis Xavier. The Catholic Girl’s Guide: Counsels and Devotions for Girls in the Ordinary Walks of Life. New York: Benziger Brothers, 1906. Litany of the Saints, p. 556. https://archive.org/details/catholicgirlsgui00lasa
- Hapgood, Isabel Florence, trans. Service Book of the Holy Orthodox-Catholic Apostolic (Greco-Russian) Church. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1906. The All-Night Vigil, The Litiya, p. 12. https://www.ponomar.net/data/hapgood.pdf
- Ready.gov (US Department of Homeland Security). “Earthquakes.” https://www.ready.gov/earthquakes
- Buonaiuti, Ernesto. “Ascoli-Piceno.” The Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01773b.htm
- “Emygdius.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emygdius
- “Lord of Miracles.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_Miracles
- “Señor de Mayo.” Wikipedia (Spanish). https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Señor_de_Mayo
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. “Is the 988 Lifeline available in other languages for non-English speakers?” https://988lifeline.org/faq/calling-the-988-lifeline/faq-is-the-988-lifeline-available-in-other-languages-for-non-english-speakers/
- Samaritans. “Contact a Samaritan.” https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/
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