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[quote style=”2″]Residents Nationwide to Participate in Earthquake Drill on Thursday[/quote]
At 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15, Oregonians will “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” for the world’s largest earthquake drill, “The Great ShakeOut!”
The Oregon Office of Emergency Management and partners throughout the state have been encouraging individuals and families, schools, businesses, tribal, local, state and federal governments, health care organizations, and more to participate in the nationwide earthquake drill.
More than 520,000 Oregonians have registered for the Great Oregon ShakeOut. The total in Oregon has nearly doubled in the last two years with increased interest in earthquake preparedness and awareness. Oregonians will join more than 40 million people worldwide for the largest earthquake drill in history.
“Oregon is at risk for both crustal and subduction zone earthquakes that have the potential to destroy property and take lives,” said OEM Geologic Hazards Coordinator Althea Rizzo. “It’s critical that people know what to do during an earthquake so they can be survivors.”
Recently, much attention has been given to the fact that Oregon is located near the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a fault line stretching from California to British Columbia, that is due for a major quake and tsunami similar to the 2004 Boxing Day event in Indonesia and the 2011 Tohuku event in Japan.
You can register and learn more about the Great Oregon ShakeOut online and participate by dropping, covering, and holding on wherever you are at the time of the drill.
