Official VOAD for Santa Clara County

Earthquake

Welcome to CADRE’s earthquake safety page! 

“Earthquake Safety in Your Home” includes topics that everyone should know to stay safe when the ground shakes.  Topics include: hazards in the home, where to get reliable information, available resources to help you recover, supplies needed, protections for undocumented community members, when and how to turn off natural gas and more!

  1. Have a plan. https://www.ready.gov/plan-form
  2. Make an emergency supply kit!   Download Dollar Tree Emergency Supply List (translated versions below!)
  3. Learn more about earthquake safety by watching the recorded presentation in your preferred language below.  Download presentation reference links and resources

NOTE: Our Earthquake Safety Videos are being updated. 

 

My Shake logo

Get alerted when the ground is about to start shaking. When you receive an alert or feel shaking drop, cover and hold on! Download the MyShake App

United Way Bay Area logo

Thank you to the United Way Bay Area for funding this webpage.

 

 

STAY SAFE DURING EARTHQUAKES

How to protect yourself when the ground shakes.

REDUCE EARTHQUAKE IMPACTS

What to do BEFORE the ground shakes to avoid injury and damage.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS DURING DISASTER

Note: The information related to President Biden’s protected areas for immigrants is no longer in effect.

Equity and Accessibility

We believe that everyone should have access to earthquake safety information in their preferred language. That’s why we’re continuing to add additional translated recordings and written materials.  If any translations are inaccurate, please contact us

Trusted Information Sources

All Local Trusted Information Sources

Links to websites and social media used by organizations to share emergency information

Links for Local Trusted Information Sources 

Earthquake Safety Information in Multiple Languages

Find your language below. If you don’t find your language, check back soon because more safety recordings and other resources are being added this month. If any translations are inaccurate, please contact us.

American Sign Language

Amharic / አማርኛ

Arabic / عربى

Armenian / հայերեն

Chinese / 简体中文

Dari / دری

English

Farsi / فارسی

Hindi / हिन्दी

Hmong / Hmoob

Indonesian / bahasa Indonesia

Japanese / 日本

Khmer / ជាភាសាខ្មែរ

Korean / 한국어

Portuguese / Português

Punjabi / ਪੰਜਾਬੀ

Russian / Русский

Spanish / Español

Tagalog

Tamil / தமிழ்

Tigrinya / ትግሪኛ

Urdu / اردو

Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt