The drill is part of preparing students in the event of an earthquake. While we may not associate earthquakes with the Midwest, “ShakeOut.org” says earthquakes have been noted in Missouri as ...

Christine MacDonald’s 22 first-graders sat quietly listening to her read from “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” when several low-pitched beeps sounded over the ...

As the northern Chilean city of Copiapo was preparing last week to hold earthquake drills, it was hit by a real-life one: a 6.4-magnitude quake that cut power to thousands and caused structural damage ...

This week, nearly 3 million people across 11 states are gearing up for the Great Central U.S. Shakeout, a massive earthquake drill to commemorate the 200th anniversary later this year of a series ...

The Taguig city government underscored the significance of disaster preparedness among health and special care institutions ...

Organized by the Oregon Department of Emergency Management, the drill promotes earthquake preparedness. Every year at 10:19 a.m. on Oct. 19, a one minute drill commences, where participants "drop ...

Maybe a fire drill. Maybe an earthquake drill. Maybe a lockdown. But not all at once. “We have a different drill about every month, grandpa,” said the older of the two, who is headed to fourth ...

According to www.shakeout.org there was more than 56 million people participating in the drill globally. Of those, most came came the United States, with 10 million participants coming from Califor… ...

While the Dec. 5 earthquake and ensuing tsunami warning was not a drill, it served as an opportunity to practice what the kids at Redwood Montessori do every month. The real-life event had some ...

Don’t be alarmed: Tsunami siren in Everett is part of Great ShakeOut. Since 2008, the international drill has aimed to prepare people for a real major earthquake.