CSUMB Participates in the Great California Shakeout
October 19, 2017
![CSUMB Emergency Manager Ken Folsom briefs University Police Department staff prior to the Great Shakeout drill.](/media/csumb/news/T2swJqWPSEaxs9RvXz89_image2-1.jpg)
CSUMB Emergency Manager Ken Folsom briefs University Police Department staff prior to the Great Shakeout drill.
SEASIDE, Ca., Oct. 19, 2017 – California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB) students, faculty and staff participated in the world’s largest earthquake drill on Thursday, October 19, 2017.
We never know when a natural disaster might strike, that's why it is so important to participate in exercises like this to ensure we all know how to react when it becomes a reality."— CSUMB Emergency Manager, Ken Folsom
![Students gather outside of the Otter Student Union during the Great Shakeout drill at CSUMB on Oct. 19.](/media/csumb/news/IGavg1gqRESTYqvYYxGM_image1-1-(1).jpg)
Students gather outside of the Otter Student Union during the Great Shakeout drill at CSUMB on Oct. 19.
The drill was initiated by an OtterAlert message sent along with a outdoor public address system announcement at which point all people on campus were asked to practice drop, cover and hold-on followed by building evacuations.