April is Nationwide Earthquake Preparedness Month

Be ready: Obtain the MyShake app at this time

Out there in English, Spanish, Chinese language (conventional), Vietnamese, Korean and Filipino

SACRAMENTO – Throughout Earthquake Preparedness Month, the state is sharing multilingual assets and calling on Californians to join alerts via the state’s first-in-the-nation Earthquake Early Warning System to organize for the subsequent large one. The MyShake App is now out there in English, Spanish, Chinese language (conventional), Vietnamese, Korean and Filipino.

Obtain App to Get Earthquake Warnings 

Earthquake Warning California is the nation’s first publicly out there, statewide warning system giving California residents essential seconds to Drop, Cowl, and Maintain On. Signal as much as get alerts to your cellphone as quickly as shaking is detected by floor movement monitoring:

• MyShake App: Free smartphone app that gives iPhone and Android customers with audio and visible warnings.
• Native Alerts 
• Wi-fi Emergency Alerts (WEAs): No-cost textual content messages for emergency conditions

People, companies and communities can take steps at this time to guard life and property when a severe earthquake strikes.

Earthquake Security Information 

• Make a plan:
  • Create a custom-made emergency plan in your particular wants
  • Construct an emergency contact record
  • Construct an emergency provide package with copies of essential paperwork

• Test in on household and buddies after shaking stops: 
  • Attain out to your emergency contacts
  • Test in with these in your group who may have further help
  • Take heed to native authorities and official assets

The Listos California marketing campaign, which works to develop entry to lifesaving emergency preparedness data, affords earthquake preparedness assets in a number of languages:

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