Nov 13, Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake Drills

Nov 13, The largest earthquake drills Will be held in the City of Los Angeles, millions of people will participate. participating in the ShakeOut Drill on Nov. 13, such as emergency response centers, schools, major businesses, and other institutions.

The goal of the earthquake, which is being spearheaded by the US Geological Survey (USGS) and the Caltech seismology department, is to develop disaster relief plans for the next big temblor, which many of the scientists involved say could measure as high as magnitude 7.8 on the Richter scale.

By planning ahead, these scientists may be able to team up with civil authorities across the Southland to prepare us for the worst situation — in which experts expect more than 2,000 deaths and 50,000 injuries. Such casualties come with a scenario of shaking that would last for nearly two minutes, with the strongest shocks occurring in the Coachella Valley, Inland Empire and Antelope Valley, since those are the closest regions to the fault. Other pockets of heavy damage would occur away from the fault, where sediments trap the waves in areas like the San Gabriel Valley and East Los Angeles.

Events of the Great Southern California ShakeOut include:
Encino: From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 13, the American Red Cross of Greater Los Angeles will use the Balboa Recreation Center to stage a full-shelter simulation to evaluate mass-care operations.

Sierra Madre: From 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Nov. 14, Alverno High School, 200 N. Michellinda Ave., will simulate the destruction of a classroom chemistry lab.

Alhambra: Numerous locations throughout the city will be part of a major preparedness drill from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 13 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 14.

Glendale: The Area C Regional Training Center at 3800 E. Glenoaks Blvd. will host an exercise from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Nov. 13 simulating collapsed structures with an unknown number of trapped persons.

Burbank: Events will be at various Burbank Unified School District locations on Wednesday. On Nov. 13, St. Joseph’s Providence Medical Center will set up an outdoor tent hospital with teenage volunteers made up to look injured. On Nov. 14, drills will take place at the city’s Emergency Operations Center.