Get ready to drop, cover and hold on.
More than a million people in our state taking part in the Great Washington Shakeout drill at 10:15 am on Thursday, October 15th.
"It is important because it is practicing muscle memory," said Maximilian Dixon with the Washington Emergency Management Division. "Fortunately, we don't have damaging earthquakes that often here, but unfortunately we don't get a lot of time to practice how to drop, cover and hold. So, this is your opportunity every year to practice that."
Preparation is key, because according to seismologists, there is a 14% chance Washington state could get hit with a magnitude-9 earthquake in the next 50-years.
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