Sean Inoue, Executive Director, Western LA Chapter Red Cross hides for cover underneath a table at the Santa Monica College (SMC) Student Services Center during the 2022 Great ShakeOut SoCal Earthquake Drill and Media Event as a hypothetical 6.7 magnitude earthquake strikes the Hollywood Fault at 10.20am on Oct. 20, 2022. The Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill is an annual opportunity for individuals and organizations across the world to practice earthquake safety and increase preparedness. (Ee Lin Tsen | The Corsair)

Chief Johnnie Adams, Santa Monica College (SMC) Police Chief speaks about the importance of practicing earthquake safety on Oct 20 for the 2022 Great ShakeOut SoCal Earthquake Drill and Media Event hosted by the college as ASL intepreter Robert Sutton translates. The Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill is an annual opportunity for individuals and organizations across the world to practice earthquake safety and increase preparedness. Santa Monica, Calif. (Ee Lin Tsen | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College (SMC) staff and students evacuate the SMC Student Services Center building and walk past Daniel Torres, a simulated drill participant after the alarm for the 2022 Great ShakeOut SoCal Earthquake Drill goes off at 10.20am on Oct. 20, 2022. The Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill is an annual opportunity for individuals and organizations across the world to practice earthquake safety and increase preparedness. Santa Monica, Calif. (Ee Lin Tsen | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College (SMC) student Daniel Torres lies on the staircase of the SMC Student Services Center as he participates as a simulated injured drill participant with a head injury for the 2022 Great ShakeOut SoCal Earthquake Drill and Media Event, hosted by SMC on Oct. 20, 2022. Once rescued from the staircase by the SMC Police Department and Emergency Team, Torres was given immediate medical attention. The Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill is an annual opportunity for individuals and organizations across the world to practice earthquake safety and increase preparedness. Santa Monica, Calif. (Ee Lin Tsen | The Corsair)

Students evacuate Drescher Hall at Santa Monica College as part of The Great California ShakeOut on Thrusday, Oct. 20, 2022, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)

Students gather at SMC quad at Santa Monica College after being evacuated as part of The Great California ShakeOut, while, in the distance, the Theatre Arts Beginning Stage Combat class continues unabated on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)

Pressian Nicolov, Santa Monica College (SMC) International Student Center faculty member checks on Alex Bonin, one of the simulated injury drill participants at the second floor of the Student Services Center during the 2022 Great ShakeOut SoCal Earthquake Drill and Media Event on Oct. 20, 2022. The Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill is an annual opportunity for individuals and organizations across the world to practice earthquake safety and increase preparedness. Santa Monica, Calif. (Ee Lin Tsen | The Corsair)

Alex Bonin, one of the simulated injury drill participants of the 2022 ShakeOut SoCal Earthquake Drill and Media Event receives assistance from the Santa Monica College (SMC) Police Department and Campus Emergency Response team as they evacuate Bonin out of the second floor of the SMC Student Services Center to medical assitance on Oct. 20, 2022. The Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill is an annual opportunity for individuals and organizations across the world to practice earthquake safety and increase preparedness. Santa Monica, Calif. (Ee Lin Tsen | The Corsair)

Alex Bonin, one of the simulated injury drill participants of the 2022 ShakeOut SoCal Earthquake Drill and Media Event receives emergency assistance from the Santa Monica College (SMC) Police Department and Campus Emergency Response team. The team move Bonin's body to a carrier and evacuate Bonin out from the second floor of the SMC Student Services Center building to safety and medical assitance on Oct. 20, 2022. The Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill is an annual opportunity for individuals and organizations across the world to practice earthquake safety and increase preparedness. Santa Monica, Calif. (Ee Lin Tsen | The Corsair)

(L-R) Armando Barocio, Dominic Jester, Jorge Valadez, from the Campus Emergency Response Team and Sargent Bryan Wilson from the Santa Monica College (SMC) Police Department rescues Alex Bonin, one of the simulated injury drill participants of the 2022 ShakeOut SoCal Earthquake Drill and Media Event to safety on Oct. 20, 2022. The Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill is an annual opportunity for individuals and organizations across the world to practice earthquake safety and increase preparedness. Santa Monica, Calif. (Ee Lin Tsen | The Corsair)

Catherine Weir, Director of Internatioal Development at Santa Monica College (SMC) watches SMC student Daniel Torres get assisted off the stairs of the SMC Student Services Center. Torres is a simulated injured drill participant with a head injury for the 2022 Great ShakeOut SoCal Earthquake Drill and Media Event, which was hosted by SMC on Oct. 20, 2022. Once rescued from the staircase by the SMC Police Department and Emergency Team, Torres was given immediate medical attention. The Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill is an annual opportunity for individuals and organizations across the world to practice earthquake safety and increase preparedness. Santa Monica, Calif. (Ee Lin Tsen | The Corsair)

Community Emergency Repsonse Team (CFRT) and Santa Monica College campus safety team carrying out a participant with staged injuries during the ShakeOut earthquake drill. October 20, 2022, Santa Monica, Calif. (Jamie Addison | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College (SMC) Nurse Practioner Maria Arango rushes to grab a pair of gloves as student Daniel Torres receives medical attention outside the SMC Student Services Center. Torres is one of the simulated injured drill participant for the 2022 Great ShakeOut SoCal Earthquake Drill and Media Event, hosted by SMC on Oct. 20, 2022. The Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill is an annual opportunity for individuals and organizations across the world to practice earthquake safety and increase preparedness. Santa Monica, Calif. (Ee Lin Tsen | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College (SMC) student Daniel Torres sits outside the SMC Student Services Center after participating as a simulated injured drill participant for the 2022 Great ShakeOut SoCal Earthquake Drill and Media Event, hosted by SMC on Oct. 20, 2022. After being rescued from the staircase by the SMC Police Department and Emergency Team, Torres was given immediate medical attention from SMC nurse practioner Maria Arango and two other colleagues. The Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill is an annual opportunity for individuals and organizations across the world to practice earthquake safety and increase preparedness. Santa Monica, Calif. (Ee Lin Tsen | The Corsair)

Students wait on SMC Quad at Santa Monica College after being evacuated as part of The Great California ShakeOut on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)

Students gather on SMC Quad at Santa Monica College after being evacuated as part of The Great California ShakeOut on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)

An evacuation search marker hangs on the door of the Admissions room of Santa Monica College's Student Services Building as part of The Great California ShakeOut on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)

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