EARTHQUAKE DISASTER RESILIENCE PART 2: Informing Community Stakeholders About Global Earthquake Disaster Situations Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA
The Process of Becoming an Informed Community Stakeholder is Like Learning How to Fly a Plane Using A Flight Simulator so: SIMULATE GLOBAL EARTHQUAKE SITUATIONS UNTIL THEY BECOME YOUR REALITY
YOUR COMMUNITY DATA BASES AND INFORMATION HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS HAZARD MAPS INVENTORY VULNERABILITY LOCATION RISK ASSESSMENT RISK ACCEPTABLE RISK UNACCEPTABLE RISK TOWARDS EARTHQUAKE DISASTER RESILIENCE PPREPAREDNESS PROTECTION EARLY WARNING EMERGENCY RESPONSE RECOVERY and RECONSTRUCTION POLICY OPTIONS
RESILIENCY POLICIES PREPAREDNESS (BE READY FOR ANYTHING) PROTECTION (BUILD TO WITHSTAND) SCENARIOS (KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT) PREPAREDNESS (BE READY FOR ANYTHING) PROTECTION (BUILD TO WITHSTAND) SCENARIOS (KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT)
RESILIENCY POLICIES EMERGENCY RESPONSE (SAVE LIVES & PROTECT PROPERTY) RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION (RESTORE & NORM- ALIZE SERVICES) EMERGENCY RESPONSE (SAVE LIVES & PROTECT PROPERTY) RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION (RESTORE & NORM- ALIZE SERVICES)
AN INFORMED COMMUNITY STAKE HOLDER MAKES GOOD DECISIONS BASED ON THE BOOKS OF KNOWLEDGE ON GLOBAL EARTH- QUAKE REALITIES MAKES GOOD DECISIONS BASED ON THE BOOKS OF KNOWLEDGE ON GLOBAL EARTH- QUAKE REALITIES
BOOKS OF KNOWLEDGE TOOLS FOR ENACTING AND IMPLEMENTING POLICIES ON PREPAREDNESS, PROTECTION, SCENARIOS, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, and RECOVERY & RECONSTRUCTION
BOOK OF BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE - Perspectives KNOWLEDGE - Perspectives On Science, Policy, On Science, Policy, And EM HI-ED And EM HI-ED
OCCURRENCE (PLATE TECTONICS, LOCATION, FAULTING, SEISMICITY, …)
Earthquakes occur as the result of global interactions between and within tectonic plates in the lithosphere that are slowly moving past each other as the result of stresses created by heat flow from deep inside the Earth.
THE TECTONIC PLATES Figure 2.29
Schematic Diagram of the Faulting Mechanism NORTHNORTH WESTWEST
NORTHNORTH WESTWEST
SITUATION: SURFACE FAULT RUPTURE
OCCURRENCE The Seismicity Record Contains Information on WHERE, HOW BIG, HOW DEEP, and HOW OFTEN
SEISMICITY: EUROPE
SEISMICITY: USA
SEISMICITY: MID-AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN BASIN
PHYSICAL EFFFECTS (TSUNAMIS, GROUND SHAKING, GROUND FAILURE, …)
REGIONAL DEFORMATION EARTHQUAKE TSUNAMI VIBRATION FAULT RUPTURE FOUNDATION FAILURE AMPLIFICATIONLIQUEFACTION LANDSLIDEAFTERSHOCKSSEICHE DAMAGE/LOSS DAMAGE/ LOSS DAMAGE/LOSS
SITUATION: A TSUNAMI TSUNAMIS OCCUR MOST FREQUENTLY IN THE CIRCUM-PACIFIC REGION OTHER LOCATIONS INCLUDE: INDIAN OCEAN, HAWAII, CARIBBEAN, PUERTO RICO, VIRGIN ISLANDS, GUAM, WESTERN USA, AND MEDITERRANEAN TSUNAMIS OCCUR MOST FREQUENTLY IN THE CIRCUM-PACIFIC REGION OTHER LOCATIONS INCLUDE: INDIAN OCEAN, HAWAII, CARIBBEAN, PUERTO RICO, VIRGIN ISLANDS, GUAM, WESTERN USA, AND MEDITERRANEAN
SIZE (VERTICAL/HORIZONTAL WAVE RUNUP) OF A TSUNAMI TSUNAMIS TRAVEL AT 800 KM/ HOUR, SLOWING TO KM/HR AS SHORE IS REACHED WAVE HEIGHTS CAN REACH 30 M OR MORE WAVES CAN TRAVEL 2 KM OR MORE INLAND TSUNAMIS TRAVEL AT 800 KM/ HOUR, SLOWING TO KM/HR AS SHORE IS REACHED WAVE HEIGHTS CAN REACH 30 M OR MORE WAVES CAN TRAVEL 2 KM OR MORE INLAND
SITUATION: STRONG GROUND SHAKING Ground Shaking records Indicate The Strength, Duration, And Dominant Frequencies of Ground Shaking
PROBABILISTIC GROUND SHAKING MAP SPATIAL VARIATION OF THE SEVERITY OF GROUND SHAKING EXPECTED DURING A SPECIFIC EXPOSURE TIME
SITUATION: GROUND FAILURE: LIQUEFACTION
SITUATION: GROUND FAILURE: LANDSLIDE
SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS (DAMAGE, LOSS OF FUNCTION, COLLAPSE, LOSS OF LIFE, LOSS OF HABITAT, LOSS OF JOBS, LOSS OF CONFIDENCE, LOSS OF ECONOMIC LOSSES, …)
SITUATION: URBAN DAMAGE
SITUATION: INTERIOR LOSS OF FUNCTION
SITUATION: FAILURE OF URM BUILDING
SITUATION: COLLAPSE OF HIGH-RISE APARTMENT UNIT
SITUATION: DAMAGE TO HOUSING UNITS
SITUATION: 56 MILLION DAMAGED BUILDINGS
SITUATION: LOSS OF FUNCTION OF HOSPITAL
SITUATION: LOSS OF FUNCTION OF SCHOOL
SITUATION: LOSS OF FUNCTION HANSHIN EXPRESSWAY
SITUATION: LOSS OF FUNCTION: ELEVATED EXPRESSWAY
SITUATION: LOSS OF FUNCTION OF AIRPORT
SITUATION: DISRUPTION OF TRANSPORTATION ROUTES
SITUATION: DAM FAILURE
SITUATION: LOSS OF FUNCTION TO UTILITY CORRIDOR
SITUATION: RADIOACTIVITY LEAK
SITUATION: DEATH TOLL REACHED 220,OOO+
SITUATIONl: 88,000 DEAD
SITUATION: LOSS OF FUNCTION TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
SITUATION: LOSS OF FUNCTION IN PORT AREA
SITUATION: RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
SITUATION: OIL REFINERY FIRE
SITUATION: LOSS OF POWER AND LOSS OF FIREFIGHTING CAPABILITY
SITUATION: LOSS OF FIRE FIGHTING CAPABILITY
SITUATION: EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
SITUATION: NEED FOR TEMPORARY SHELTER
SITUATION: LOSS OF BUSINESS
SITUATION: LOSS OF 40 PERCENT OF GDP
HIGH VELOCITY OF INCOMING WAVES TSUNAMIS DISTANCE OF WAVE RUNUP AND RUNOFF VERTICAL HEIGHT OF WAVE RUNUP INADEQUATE RESISTANCE OF BUILDINGS FLOODING INADEQUATE WARNING SYSTEMS PROXIMITY TO SOURCE OF TSUNAMI CAUSES OF RISK CASE HISTORIES
SITUATION: $309 BILLION LOSS FROM TSUNAMI WAVES
SITUATION: NEED FOR FOOD AND WATER
SITUATION: LOSS OF REFINERY SERVICES