To help people to prepare and participate, FEMA Region III produced a white board video highlighting the steps to practice for the Great ShakeOut.

The Great ShakeOut provides an excellent opportunity to practice our earthquake preparedness skills together.” “To be best prepared to respond quickly, we must practice earthquake safety on a regular basis.

“Damaging earthquakes can occur at any time – where we work, live or travel,” stated FEMA Region III Regional Administrator MaryAnn Tierney. Worldwide there is an average of one damaging earthquake almost every third day. 17.Įarthquakes are normally thought of as a west coast hazard, but they can happen anywhere, such as the 2011 earthquake in Virginia. We encourage everyone to Drop, Cover, and Hold On with us on Oct. The Great ShakeOut is the largest earthquake drill worldwide and over 65 million people are already registered to practice their earthquake safety plans. across the United States and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region III office wants to encourage the Whole Community to participate and learn the simple but critical safety steps to preparing for and staying safe during an earthquake. PHILADELPHIA – The annual Great ShakeOut earthquake drill will take place Oct.