Following is a selected passage from the ShakeOut Earthquake Scenario: “Thursday Nov. 13, 10:00:30 a.m.:As the earthquake’s rupture front travels up the fault, it sends out seismic waves that ...

Millions of Californians took part in a mass earthquake drill called the Great California ShakeOut Thursday morning. At 10:21 a.m. Thursday, an estimated 7.8 million of California’s children and ...

Great ShakeOut Drills Started 10 Years Ago ShakeOut began in southern California in 2008, based on the U.S. Geological Survey’s “ShakeOut Scenario” for a magnitude 7.8 earthquake along the ...

"We know that in the shakeout scenario with a 7.8 earthquake, up to four minutes of shaking could be felt," said Jason Ballmann, a spokesman for the Southern California Earthquake Center.

The Great ShakeOut, which happens today, is an annual safety drill that began in earthquake-prone California and later expanded across the U.S. and overseas.

Get ready to drop, cover, and hold, Southern California. Millions of Californians are preparing to participate in the Great ShakeOut to practice what to do during an earthquake. Over 10.4 million ...

Great ShakeOut rolls through town Thursday Matthew Hall Daily Press Editor Several Santa Monica institutions are preparing to participate in the Great California ShakeOut this Thursday, Oct. 19 ...

People across the state, including many Coachella Valley locals, participated in the Great California ShakeOut earthquake drill Thursday in an effort to raise awareness of earthquake preparedness ...

The origins of the annual earthquake preparedness drill — previously known as the Great Southern California ShakeOut — began in 2008 to educate the public following a scenario that outlined ...

Emergency management officials say participating in a regional drill can help Ohio families, schools and businesses be prepared for a possible earthquake scenario. Skip to content NOWCAST WLWT ...

The Great ShakeOut is done by 30 million participants worldwide – 7 million of those are in California, where there is a higher risk of an earthquake compared to the rest of the United States as ...

The Great ShakeOut Earthquake Scenario and Exercise were so successful they have decided to take it one step further and add a catastrophic flood scenario to the mix. ARkStorm conjures up a ...