LA MIRADA, Calif. — Millions of people plan to drop, cover and hold on in a drill Thursday to prepare communities in California and elsewhere for the next big earthquake.
More than 10 million Californians signed up to participate at 10:16 a.m. PDT, in addition to another 15 million people this year in dozens of states and countries including Italy and Canada, according to organizers.
In Maine over 600 people have signed up to take part in the Great Northeast ShakeOut. The Maine Geological Survey (seismic motto: “Yes we DO have earthquakes in Maine!”) says that there have been hundreds of earthquakes in the state. The largest occurred in 1904, centered in Eastport.
A full-scale exercise for emergency responders to prepare for a potential magnitude-6.7 earthquake will also be held at Biola University in La Mirada. The suburb southeast of Los Angeles was rattled by a magnitude-5.1 earthquake in March.
The annual drill began in 2008 in California.
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