Area schools and others are preparing for today’s Great Shakeout. The nationwide earthquake awareness drill is planned by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Dr. Dan Kaniewski says people nationwide will work on earthquake preparedness later today…
This area is expected to have some participants, since the area sits on both the Wabash Valley and New Madrid Seismic Zones. Experts say in any 50-year time period, there is a 25 to 40 percent risk of a magnitude six-point-oh earthquake or greater.
