Great ShakeOut

This year’s International ShakeOut Day is October 19, when millions of people worldwide will participate in earthquake drills at work, school, or home!

At 10:19 a.m. (local time) on 10/19, you can join people across Texas practicing earthquake safety. While we encourage you to participate with everyone, you can register your ShakeOut drill for any day of the year, and drill at a time of your choice. You can also include people in multiple locations through video conferencing.

What and when is ShakeOut? How do I/we participate?

At a minimum, ShakeOut is a one-minute earthquake drill – you decide when, how, and where you want to do it, and with whom.

International ShakeOut Day is every third Thursday of October when most schedule their ShakeOut drills and other earthquake preparedness activities. This annual date was selected back in 2009 when most schools agreed this was the best time.

Everyone, everywhere should know how to protect themselves during an earthquake! Thus,anyone can participate

ShakeOut is for everyone