CSUN ShakeOut Festival
October 20, 2011, 9 am - 2 pm, ShakeOut Week event at Sierra Quadrangle
Event Location:
Sierra Quadrangle
California State University Northridge
Northridge, CA 91330 (Map)
Event Contact:
Doug Yule, Department of Geological Sciences, doug.yule@csun.edu, 818-677-6238
Summary:
CSUN's Geological Sciences Department is planning ShakeOut Event advertising and earthquake preparedness presentations Oct. 17-19 and an Earthquake Festival on Sierra Quadrangle, Oct. 20, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Full Description:
Students enrolled in introductory geology classes in conjunction with students in the Department of Geological Sciences' Geology Club have planned to advertise the ShakeOut Exercise on Oct. 17-19 and to staff a Festival in Sierra Quad on Oct. 20. Students also plan to visit classrooms during the week of Oct. 17 to give short earthquake preparedness presentations. The festival on Oct. 20 from 9a.m. - 2 p.m. will include earthquake-kit booths, a video of damage to CSUN's campus in the 1994 Northridge earthquake, and earthquake preparedness handouts and other information.