In Chile in school: If shaking in strong enough run to higher ground when you are able to

"In Chile, they actually teach in school: If the shaking is strong enough to throw you to the ground, the minute you can get up, run for high ground," Lucy Jones, a USGS seismologist, told NBC Nightly News.
In most areas of the United States, according to Synolakis, able-bodied people should be able to walk to a safe area within 10 minutes.
The problem? Not everyone knows where those areas are.
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Are American Cities Prepared For Massive Tsunamis?

I think that anyone who lives on the Pacific Ocean should be taught that when they are thrown to the ground by an earthquake when they can get up and walk or run they should go as quickly as possibly to higher ground. IN coastal cities (if it is a steel girder ed  or cement building) climbing up to the 2nd or 3rd story might save your life when you are thrown to the ground along the coast wherever you live on the ocean in the Pacific Rim. Even a 2 or three story Apartment building built mostly of 2 by 4s studs might hold up for a time against a tsunami if it didn't keep coming too long and save your life and those with you.