Announcement

The 2026 Great ShakeOut is scheduled for October 15, 2026, 10:15AM (10/15 at 10:15) local time.

On October 15, 2026, millions of people will participate in the largest earthquake drill ever: ShakeOut! Why? Earthquakes can happen anywhere you work, live, or travel, which is why everyone, everywhere should know how to protect themselves should an earthquake occur.  

Register at ShakeOut.org/register to practice and improve your level of earthquake safety.

Everyone, everywhere can participate! Individuals, families, businesses, schools, government agencies and organizations are all invited to join.

Stay tuned for the Amateur Radio ShakeOut instructions coming soon!

Amateur Radio Community Intensity Map - ShakeOut Results

This maps shows DYFI messages received by tactical address SHAKEOUT. The raw message XML data was processed, extracted and normalized outside of Winlink. 

Last update October 22, 2025

📢 The Emcomm Training Organization Posts Results for the "Great ShakeOut" Exercise

See the ETO web site:  :: Winlink Thursdays :: EmComm-Training.org™ ::

Special thanks to Bob KM6SO and ETO for his excellent work compiling the results and providing individualized feedback.

We recommend everyone take a moment to look through the ETO results and analyze their feedback. It is a great opportunity to learn!

Live Amateur Radio Community Intensity Map

This maps shows entries received and processed with Winlink. This map was live during ShakeOut, 2025. 

Note on Data Differences
The results shown on this board differ slightly from the final results above because not all exercise messages were processed by Winlink during the event. In addition to the 139 DYFI reports that Winlink  did not associate with the DYFI map (see the DYFI Recv’d vs Mapped panel), more than 190 forwarded messages were also not processed in real time.

The live board was generated using Winlink’s Comma-Separated Values (CSV) output, while the final results above were produced from the message XML data. The causes of these discrepancies are currently under investigation.

The live board was closed to new entries on October 20, 2025

🔂 Refresh the webpage to see the latest entries.

The Amateur Radio Community Intensity Map plots "Did you feel it?" reports sent by radio operators with Winlink with CC: SHAKEOUT. It uses the report latitude and longitude for location.

Teachable Moment: The bubble colors represent Mercalli intensities calculated in the Winlink form. Note that the USGS calculates Mercalli intensities for an area when there are at least 20 reports. The more reports submitted for a specific area, the more accurate and significant the intensity measurement becomes.

⚠️ Note: ARCIM charts the data it receives from the Winlink DYFI CSV. However, Winlink seems to have a problem exporting PAT reports to CSV. ARCIM can obviously not map any data that is missing in the CSV. 

⚠️ Google Chrome users: If you see the error message “We're sorry! Looker Studio is not available right now. Please try again later,” please try viewing the site in an Incognito window or use a different browser. 

Timeline for 10/15, 10:00AM to 11:00AM

All SoCal stations are welcome to check-in on our regional ShakeOut Net on October 16. We will take check-ins by county, starting in San Diego and moving North: San Diego, Orange County, Riverside, LA County, Ventura County, San Bernardino County, others. 

The net will happen on the DARN system of repeaters. See the frequencies here: https://darn.org/repeaters/

• 10:00 Informal Net on DARN (frequencies here)

• 10:15 Earthquake! 

  • Drop, cover, hold on!

  • Secure your space!

  • Take photos!

  • Send DYFI with Cc: SHAKEOUT;ETO-DRILL

• 10:20 Begin SoCal ShakeOut Net Check-ins

• 10:50 Begin SoCal ShakeOut Net Check-outs 

DYFI: SHAKEOUT

Please submit an exercise DYFI report for ShakeOut!

In Winlink Message > New Message > Select Template > Standard Templates > USGS > USGS DYFI.txt

then

Select EXERCISE

ExerciseID: SHAKEOUT

Date: 10/15/2025

Time: 10:15

Did you feel it? (REQUIRED): Yes

Your location: Full street address of your current location

LAT, LON: The latitude and longitude of your current location.

Questions: Select your answers to match Mercalli Intensity V or higher

Additional comments: Tell the USGS about yourself and how you are sending this message in this format - 

AFFILIATION, ORGANIZATION, MODE, BAND, COMMENTS 

(Example: LAXNORTHEAST, Organized Exercise, VARA FM, 2m, Fun exercise with 57 other radio operators! )

and

CC: SHAKEOUT;ETO-DRILL

RESULTS

Amateur Radio Community Intensity Map by LAXNORTHEAST 

DYFI reports with Cc: SHAKEOUT can be viewed at 

https://www.laxnortheast.org/exercises/shakeout 

Usually updated within 24 hours. 

EMCOMM TRAINING ORGANIZATION (ETO) EXERCISE WEBSITE

DYFI reports with Cc: ETO-DRILL can be viewed at 

https://emcomm-training.org/Non-ETO_Exercises.html  

Q: What is the Exercise ID for ShakeOut?

The Exercises ID is SHAKEOUT per USGS request.

Q: My group does not live in earthquake country. May we participate?

A: Yes! USGS welcomes Winlink exercise traffic from all parts of the world.

Q: My group is international. May we participate?

A: Yes! USGS welcomes and encourages international exercise participation .

Q: Which timezone is the Time?

A: All times are local time.

Q: I won't be able to send my DYFI Report until I return from work. May I send my traffic later in the day or the next day?

A: Yes! Make sure that you are entering the date and time correctly (October 16, 2005 at 10:16) on the Winlink USGS DYFI form and send your  report when you can.

Q: Can I send messages other than USGS DYFI reports to USGS?

A: No! The USGS email in the Winlink message only accepts properly formatted USGS DYFI Reports. All other messages are filtered out.

Q: We are planning an exercise in addition to DYFI. Is that okay?

A: Yes! Shakeout is a great time to test your local and regional radio plans and operations in addition to sending Winlink DYFI Exercise reports.

Q: Would peer-to-peer (P2P) and radio-only (RO) Winlink messages be received by USGS?

A: No. USGS requests that you send your DYFI messages to the official USGS email address the form adds adds automatically.

That means you must use an RMS (Winlink gateway) with an internet connection or Telnet (i.e. the internet) for your DYFI report to be received. USGS does not monitor P2P nor RO.

Q: We are planning a ShakeOut exercise before/after the official ShakeOut date. Is that okay?

A: Yes! You may report your own exercise earthquake event with Winlink DYFI Exercise form submissions. Make sure that your group is aligned on your selected Exercise ID, Date and Time in the Winlink USGS DYFI form . You may customize those.

Q: What is the main goal?

A: Have fun! Shakeout is a great opportunity to learn about disaster preparedness and how volunteer radio operators can help. It is an excellent opportunity to test your radio and group disaster response capabilities.