Shockwave Centennial Disaster Training Exercise to Simulate 1906 San Andreas Fault Quake December 22, 2005

The Office of Emergency Preparedness and regional partner agencies will host an earthquake exercise simulating the aftermath of an event similar to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The exercise will take place on April 18, 2006, on the 100-year anniversary of the original disaster, and provides a setting for participants to practice a coordinated response to emergency management while increasing awareness of regional impacts of such an earthquake. Participants in this management level disaster exercise include: City of Berkeley, City of Albany, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Alta Bates - Summit Medical Center, Bayer Health Care Corporation and the University of California.

Further details on the Shockwave Centennial exercise care contained in the Shockwave Brochure (562Kb). Visit the "Seismo" web page for more information on the many campus events planned to commemorate the centennial.