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Mitigation of Dangers from Natural and Anthropogenic HazardsEarthquakes

Mitigation of Dangers from Natural and Anthropogenic Hazards: Earthquakes [Earthquakes occur worldwide but generally recur and are most destructive at or near zones where plate tectonics are most active such as the Circum-Pacific “ring of fire” from Western South America north to Mexico, and Western United States to Alaska and then west to the Aleutian islands and south to Japan, Indonesia, and Southeast Asia and then past New Zealand and Antarctica back to Western South America. The Himalayan Asian belt that affects China, the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East represents the other major earthquake zone. Earthquakes damage and destroy property and infrastructure. They do not injure and kill people. Collapsing building, falling heavy ceiling material (often ceramic tiles), ejected concrete, brick, and rock facing, pieces of metal, and glass shards injure and kill people. Secondary events triggered by earthquakes do the same such as via fires (e.g., in Japan, San Francisco), disease (e.g., in Haiti, cholera), landslides and rockfalls (e.g., in Nepal, India, Pakistan), and tsunamis (e.g., in Indonesia, Japan). In the paragraphs that follow we will review what is being researched and what can be done to ease the burden of earthquake events on populations exposed to this natural hazard.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Mitigation of Dangers from Natural and Anthropogenic HazardsEarthquakes

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
ISBN
978-3-319-38874-8
Pages
21 –30
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-38875-5_7
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Abstract

[Earthquakes occur worldwide but generally recur and are most destructive at or near zones where plate tectonics are most active such as the Circum-Pacific “ring of fire” from Western South America north to Mexico, and Western United States to Alaska and then west to the Aleutian islands and south to Japan, Indonesia, and Southeast Asia and then past New Zealand and Antarctica back to Western South America. The Himalayan Asian belt that affects China, the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East represents the other major earthquake zone. Earthquakes damage and destroy property and infrastructure. They do not injure and kill people. Collapsing building, falling heavy ceiling material (often ceramic tiles), ejected concrete, brick, and rock facing, pieces of metal, and glass shards injure and kill people. Secondary events triggered by earthquakes do the same such as via fires (e.g., in Japan, San Francisco), disease (e.g., in Haiti, cholera), landslides and rockfalls (e.g., in Nepal, India, Pakistan), and tsunamis (e.g., in Indonesia, Japan). In the paragraphs that follow we will review what is being researched and what can be done to ease the burden of earthquake events on populations exposed to this natural hazard.]

Published: Jun 24, 2016

Keywords: Federal Emergency Management Agency; Earthquake Motion; Tsunami Sediment; Prone Fault; Foreshock Activity

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