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ALT At 10:15am on 10/15, more than 120 Washington tsunami sirens along the inner and outer coast will be tested using the real wailing sound of a tsunami warning, not the Westminster Chimes that are typically used during the monthly tests. PLEASE DO NOT CALL 911. There WILL be a test of the Emergency Alert System on radio and television this year. The Wireless Emergency Alert text system on cell phones will NOT be tested. Those who have downloaded the free MyShake Earthquake Early Warning App on their phones will get a test. Sirens related to the Columbia Generating Station will be tested in the Tri-Cities areas and some local jurisdictions will test their reverse 911 and opt-in text alerts. NOAA Weather Radios will also sound an alarm.
ALT Image of Adam Morrison, Spokane homeowner with quote: "I was not prepared for the level of devastation... it's something almost out of a post-apocalyptic movie, but unfortunately we're not viewing that as a movie -- we're living it, both on that day and every day since."
ALT Image of a neighborhood destroyed by the fires in Spokane
ALT Map with a star marker for the magnitude 3.27 earthquake located 19.3 km E from Forks, WA
ALT Graph showing types of tsunamis that can impact Washington. Anyone who lives near the ocean or large body of water is at risk of a tsunami. Distant tsunamis are tsunamis created by a distant earthquake or landslide that travels across the ocean. Areas of greatest impact for distant tsunamis are Pacific coastal areas. Communities impacted have hours to evacuate. Cascadia subduction zone tsunamis are created by large magnitude 8 or 9 earthquakes off the Pacific Northwest coast and can impact Pacific coastal communities. Communities impacted have tens of minutes to evacuate. Local tsunamis can be created by local earthquakes in large bodies of water near local faults. Local tsunamis can impact communities close to the water. Communities impacted have minutes to tens of minutes to evacuate. Landslide caused tsunamis occur underwater or from slides that land into water. Communities impacted depend on where the landslide occurs and can only have minutes to tens of minutes to evacuate.
ALT Image shows a community consisting of a house, school, store, highrise, playground, and roadways. Where will you be when an earthquake strikes? What will you do? If you are indoors, in a classroom, in a store, or in a highrise: make sure to drop, cover, and hold on. If you are in a wheelchair or walker: lock your wheels, cover your head and neck and hold on. If you are outdoors: move to a clear area if you can do so safely and drop, cover, hold on. If you are driving: pull over, stop, and set the parking brake. Stay inside the vehicle until the shaking stops. If you are near a shoreline: as soon as the shaking stops, head to high ground or inland.
ALT Headline says: “GREAT WASHINGTON SHAKEOUT ALERT TESTS.” WHAT ALERTS COULD I GET ON 10/15? You may get an alert, If you have downloaded the MyShake app, on Broadcast TV and radio, NOAA weather radio, Tsunami sirens, Tri-Cities outdoor warning sirens. You will not get an alert from on your phone frm earthquake early warning sources, wireless emergency alerts, no alerts from Streaming TV and radio, satellite radio, no alerts from Pierce County lahar sirens. Your city, county, and/or tribal government may also test their local emergency alert systems as part of the Great Washington ShakeOut. Check with them directly to confirm if you will receive an alert on 10/15. Emergency alerts are tested as part of the Great Washington ShakeOut to ensure the systems are working and to help the public be familiar with the kinds of alerts they may receive in a real emergency. If you receive one of these alerts on 10/15, take this opportunity to take the protective actions you would in a real emergency.
