Monthly Archives: November 2008
Interior Secretary Kempthorne Helps Lead Great Southern California Shakeout Earthquake Drill
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne joined California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, U.S. Geological Survey Director Mark Myers and more than 5 million Californians in participating in The Great Southern California Shakeout, the largest earthquake preparedness drill in U.S. history, on November 13, 2008. “This is one
California Rehearses for Major Earthquake
ABC World News By LAUREN SHER and BRIAN ROONEY http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=6246406&page=1 “Called “The Great Shakeout,” the nation’s largest mock earthquake in history took place Thursday at 10 a.m. PST, to prepare for a threat of significant magnitude, the “Big One” that scientists project is long overdue.”
New ShakeOut Scenario Animations
Today the USGS released a collection of animated movies, giving a compelling look at the ShakeOut Scenario earthquake. The movies show the intensity of ground motion as the earthquake waves move through southern California, leaving destruction behind. There are 15 different viewpoints around southern California, capturing the earthquake throughout the
