Earthquakes: Major U.S. Preparedness Drills Set for 2011
Marking the New Madrid earthquake’s 200th anniversary, officials are planning two big preparedness exercises. On Sept. 30, James M. Wilkinson, executive director of the Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium, Memphis, told a Senate hearing his group will hold the Great Central U.S. ShakeOut on April 28. Then, in May, the Federal Emergency Management Agency will simulate and study a quake in the New Madrid zone.

