Voice of America: Great ShakeOut Drills Increase Earthquake Awareness

Voice of America Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

Great ShakeOut Drills Increase Earthquake Awareness Oct 19th 2012, 20:55 Millions of people from the Pacific island of Guam to southern Italy joined a practice drill Thursday to prepare for earthquakes. The annual event, called the Great ShakeOut, has a simple message that could save lives in a real earthquake.   The Southern California Earthquake Center at the University of Southern California was linked by Skype to a classroom in Guam, the first place where the shakeout happened. The children dropped to the floor, scrambled under their desks, and held ... Media files: C2F6621C-7C8C-4107-90ED-908EE16CB0FC_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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