Experience the "Big One" at Shake Zone

Date: 

Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - 1:30pm to 7:30pm

Venue: 

Echo Community Centre

4255 Wallace Street, Port Alberni

Contact: 

ACRD: 250-720-2700 or City Hall: 250-723-2146

Experience the "Big One" on May 31st when the Shake Zone visits Port Alberni. This free community event will provide you and your family with the chance to ride out a simulated 8.0-magnitude earthquake.

Firefighters and other emergency personnel from across the Alberni Valley will also be in attendance with displays to provide residents with information to prepare for, respond to and recover from earthquakes and other disasters.

This event is hosted by the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District and City of Port Alberni and is in support of the upcoming Exercise Coastal Response event happening June 7-10 in Port Alberni.