At 10:00 am, Thursday November 13, southern California participated in the largest earthquake preparedness drill in U.S. history. Based on a simulated M 7.8 event on the southern San Andreas fault, the Great Southern California ShakeOut is meant to test the capability of disaster responders, the scientific community, and the general population to deal with a large, devastating earthquake in the region.

The following movie depicts the response of NASA/JPL researchers to such an event. Included in this scenario are components which include modeling using QuakeSim tools and immediate post-earthquake acquisition of InSAR and SAR data by UAVSAR (with future inclusion of continuous acquistion by the DESDynI mission). (less info)