Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drills

Get Ready to ShakeOut!

People ShakeOut worldwide.
Find your region below.

This year's International ShakeOut Day is October 16, when millions of people worldwide will participate in earthquake drills at work, school, or home!

At 10:16 a.m. (local time) on 10/16, you can join millions of people across the world practicing earthquake safety.

While we encourage participation with everyone, you can register your ShakeOut drill for any day of the year, and drill at a time of your choice. You can also include people in multiple locations through video conferencing.

AS EASY AS 1, 2, 3!

1 Register Today

2 Spread the Word

3 Hold Your Drill

Log in to download your Certificate of Participation

Over 1.30 million participants registered

Get Ready for International ShakeOut Day!

FIND YOUR REGION

(As of Today)	Global Totals	U.S. Totals
All 2025 Drills:	Over 1.30 million	Over 1.10 million

All 2024 Drills:	Over 56.8 million	Over 19.8 million

Most participants are in one of the Official ShakeOut Regions listed below (with current registration totals). People and organizations in other countries can also register.

All regions participate on October 16, 2025, unless specified.

To learn more, select your region below or choose from this list:

U.S. MULTI-STATE REGIONS
	Central U.S. 4,000 (AL AR IA IL IN KS KY LA MO MS NE OH OK TN)	NorthEast 242 (CT MA ME NH NJ NY PA RI VT)	SouthEast 86,000 (DC DE FL GA MD NC SC VA WV)	Upper MidWest 4 (MI MN ND SD WI)
U.S. STATES AND TERRITORIES
	Alaska 790	American Samoa 4	Arizona 632	California 274,000
	CNMI 0	Colorado 37	Guam 0	Hawaii 502
	Idaho 832	Montana 34	Nevada 1,000	New Mexico 2
	Oregon 81,000	Puerto Rico 2,000	Texas 121	Utah 725,000 (4/17/2025)
	U.S. Virgin Is. 6	Washington 8,000	Wyoming 0
CANADIAN PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES
	British Columbia 53,000	Quebec 35	Yukon 0
OTHER COUNTRIES
	Japan 140,000 (Various Dates)	New Zealand 221 (TBA)	Other Countries 180

ShakeOut began in California and has also been organized in many other states and countries. Official ShakeOut Regions require significant local or regional coordination, typically by an emergency management agency or an alliance of many organizations. If you are interested in establishing ShakeOut for your region please contact us. If your state, province, or country is not yet participating you can register yourself or your organization as part of the global participation total.