The annual worldwide Great Shakeout earthquake drill is this Thursday, Oct. 20, and starts at 10:20 a.m. PDT.
First responders tend to exercise victims, playing roles of Earthquake casualties, during the 2017 Great California Shakeout earthquake drill at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, California, on October 19, 2017.
Millions of people around the globe will again participate in this drill including families, businesses, schools, healthcare facilities, faith-based organizations, neighborhood groups, and more.Schools use this event as their October monthly emergency drill. The network of close to 100 All-Hazard Alert Broadcast outdoor siren and speaker systems from the outer coast to the North Sound region will also be activated.Washington is earthquake country, as the second most threatened state in the nation, after California. There are a number of regional earthquake faults with long histories such as the Seattle fault, the Tacoma fault, and the South Whidbey fault., can produce around a 9.0 magnitude quake.
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