Today is The Great Washington Shakeout – Are you prepared?

Be ready to DROP, COVER, and HOLD ON today at 10:17 AM (that’s less than 2 hours from now!) For more information go to http://shakeout.org/washington/.

Prepare for the 2013 Great Washington Shakeout, October 17 @ 10:17 AM

The annual Great Washington Shakeout will occur on 10-17-2013 at 10:17 AM. During this drill, participants will practice earthquake preparedness by executing the “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” procedure. For additional information, view the YouTube video (below) produced by the Washington State Department of Emergency Management, and register today for the Great Washington Shakeout!

Seattle Times article profiles our Seismic Scenario Catalog, sends tremors through system

Yesterday’s article published in the Seattle Times, profiling the DNR-hosted Seismic Scenarios Catalog, prompted so many hits to our site that many users received intermittent service error notifications. Rest assured, we are working on this issue and expect service to return to normal soon. We first blogged about the Seismic Scenarios Catalog on its public […]

Launch of the Seismic Scenarios Catalog

Today Washington State Geological Survey scientists were on hand as John Schelling, earthquake program manager for the Washington Military Department Emergency Management Division (EMD), presented a live webinar release of the Seismic Scenario Catalog, hosted through DNR in a GIS environment. The catalog is a compilation of results from 20 scenario models run using FEMA’s […]