{"id":8628,"date":"2025-10-16T22:33:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T22:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/8628\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T22:33:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T22:33:16","slug":"heres-what-to-do-in-a-california-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/8628\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s what to do in a California earthquake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">OAKLAND, Calif. &#8211; Millions of Californians are set to &#8220;Drop, Cover, and Hold On&#8221; on Thursday as part of the annual Great California ShakeOut earthquake drill, aimed at educating the public on earthquake preparedness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The event, scheduled for 10:16 a.m., will see participation from businesses, government offices, and schools across the state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In downtown Oakland&#8217;s Frank Ogawa Plaza, the Big Shaker truck is offering a simulation of the intense shaking experienced during a major earthquake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This initiative is one of several efforts by local and state emergency responders to promote safety measures during seismic events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Stephanie Stephens from the California Earthquake Authority emphasized the importance of the drill, stating, &#8220;The only thing you can do to protect yourself is to drop, cover, and hold on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The timing of this statewide drill coincides with the anniversary of the last major earthquake to strike the Bay Area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Friday marks 36 years since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, a magnitude 6.9 quake that caused significant damage and death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Last month, there were a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/aftershock-magnitude-3-0-earthquake-measured-near-berkeley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:few, much smaller, earthquakes in Berkeley,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> few, much smaller, earthquakes in Berkeley,<\/a> which were centered along the Hayward Fault.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OAKLAND, Calif. &#8211; Millions of Californians are set to &#8220;Drop, Cover, and Hold On&#8221; on Thursday as part&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[8519,8520,2950,8516,8518,8521,8517,143,145,144],"class_list":["post-8628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-1989-loma-prieta-earthquake","tag-downtown-oakland","tag-earthquake-drill","tag-earthquake-preparedness","tag-educating-the-public","tag-frank-ogawa","tag-major-earthquake","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}