April is National Earthquake Preparedness Month

Be ready: Obtain the MyShake app at present

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 by way of the state’s first-in-the-nation Earthquake Early Warning System to organize for the following huge 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 present to guard life and property when a critical earthquake strikes.

Earthquake Security Information 

• Make a plan:
  • Create a personalized emergency plan in your particular wants
  • Construct an emergency contact checklist
  • Construct an emergency provide equipment with copies of vital paperwork

• Test in on household and mates after shaking stops: 
  • Attain out to your emergency contacts
  • Test in with these in your group who may have extra help
  • Hearken 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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