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COMMUNITIESDATA BASES
AND INFORMATION
HAZARDS:GROUND SHAKING
GROUND FAILURE
SURFACE FAULTING
TECTONIC DEFORMATION
TSUNAMI RUN UP
AFTERSHOCKS
• QUAKE HAZARDS
•INVENTORY
•VULNERABILITY
•LOCATION
EARTHQUAKE RISK
RISK
ACCEPTABLE RISK
UNACCEPTABLE RISK
QUAKE DISASTER
RESILIENCE
•PREPAREDNESS
•PROTECTION
•FORECASTS/SCENARIOS
•EMERGENCY RESPONSE
•RECOVERY and
RECONSTRUCTION
POLICY OPTIONS
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REMEMBERING SOME OF
THE NOTABLE DAMAGING
EARTHQUAKES AND
TSUNAMIS
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2014--2020 IS A GOOD TIME
FOR A GLOBAL SURGE IN
EDUCATIONAL, TECHNICAL,
HEALTH CARE, AND POLITICAL
CAPACITY BUILDING
IN ALL FIVE PILLARS OF
COMMUNITY
DISASTER RESILIENCE
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ALL PAST DISASTERS
DEMONSTRATE THE
URGENCY OF BECOMING
DISASTER RESILIENT
PREMISE: A DISASTER ON THE
SAME SCALE SHOULD NEVER
HAPPEN TWICE IN A
COMMUNITY
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COMMUNITIESDATA BASES
AND INFORMATION
HAZARDS:GROUND SHAKING
GROUND FAILURE
SURFACE FAULTING
TECTONIC DEFORMATION
TSUNAMI RUN UP
AFTERSHOCKS
• QUAKE HAZARDS
•INVENTORY
•VULNERABILITY
•LOCATION
EARTHQUAKE RISK
RISK
ACCEPTABLE RISK
UNACCEPTABLE RISK
QUAKE DISASTER
RESILIENCE
•PREPAREDNESS
•PROTECTION
•FORECASTS/SCENARIOS
•EMERGENCY RESPONSE
•RECOVERY and
RECONSTRUCTION
POLICY OPTIONS
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INADEQUATE RESISTANCE TO
HORIZONTAL GROUND SHAKING
EARTHQUAKES
SOIL AMPLIFICATION
PERMANENT DISPLACEMENT
(SURFACE FAULTING & GROUND
FAILURE)
IRREGULARITIES IN ELEVATION
AND PLAN
FIRE FOLLOWING RUPTURE OF
UTILITIES
LACK OF DETAILING AND
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
INATTENTION TO NON-
STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS
CAUSES
OF
DAMAGE
“DISASTER
LABORATORIES”
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VAN, TURKEY: OCTOBER,
2011
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L'AQUILA, ITALY: APRIL 2009
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SICHUAN PROVINCE, CHINA;
MAY 2008
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SUMATRA, INDONESIA:
SEPTEMBER 2007
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BAN, IRAN: DECEMBER 2003
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ARMENIA: DECEMBER 1988
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MINDANAO, THE
PHILIPPINES: AUG. 1976
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COMMUNITIESDATA BASES
AND INFORMATION
HAZARDS:GROUND SHAKING
GROUND FAILURE
SURFACE FAULTING
TECTONIC DEFORMATION
TSUNAMI RUN UP
AFTERSHOCKS
•TSUNAMI HAZARDS
•PEOPLE & BLDGS.
•VULNERABILITY
•LOCATION
TSUNAMI RISK
RISK
ACCEPTABLE RISK
UNACCEPTABLE RISK
GOAL: TSUNAMI
DISASTER RESILIENCE
• PREPAREDNESS
•PROTECTION
•EARLY WARNING
•EMERGENCY RESPONSE
•RECOVERY and
RECONSTRUCTION
POLICY OPTIONS
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HIGH VELOCITY IMPACT OF
INCOMING WAVES
TSUNAMIS
INLAND DISTANCE OF WAVE
RUNUP
VERTICAL HEIGHT OF WAVE
RUNUP
INADEQUATE RESISTANCE OF
BUILDINGS
FLOODING
INADEQUATE HORIZONTAL
AND VERTICAL EVACUATION
PROXIMITY TO SOURCE OF
TSUNAMI
CAUSES
OF
DAMAGE
“DISASTER
LABORATORIES”
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JAPAN: MARCH 11, 2011
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INDONESIA: OCTOBER 2010
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CHILE: FEBRUARY 2010
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AMERICAN SAMOA:
SEPTEMBER 2009
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SOLOMON ISLANDS: APRIL
2007
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JAVA ISLANDS: APRIL 2006
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INDONESIA: DECEMBER 2004
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MINDANAO, THE
PHILIPPINES: AUG. 1976
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ALASKA (USA): MARCH 1964
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EXTRAPOLATION TO 2013
• A tsunami generated by a massive
earthquake off the coast of Alaska
would leave the northern Orange
County coast and Long Beach
underwater.
• Source: U.S. Geological Survey
report, Wednesday (Sept. 4, 2013).
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SCHEMATIC OF THE HYPOTHETICAL
TSUNAMI WAVE (USGS)