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REMEMBERING SOME OF THE NOTABLE DAMAGING EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA.

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2 REMEMBERING SOME OF THE NOTABLE DAMAGING EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA

3 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

4 ALL PAST DISASTERS DEMONSTRATE THE URGENCY OF BECOMING DISASTER RESILIENT PREMISE: A DISASTER ON THE SAME SCALE SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN TWICE IN A COMMUNITY

5 COMMUNITIES COMMUNITIES DATA 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

6 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”

7 VAN, TURKEY: OCTOBER, 2011

8 L'AQUILA, ITALY: APRIL 2009

9 SICHUAN PROVINCE, CHINA; MAY 2008

10 SUMATRA, INDONESIA: SEPTEMBER 2007

11 BAM, IRAN: DECEMBER 2003

12 ARMENIA: DECEMBER 1988 ARMENIA: DECEMBER 1988

13 MINDANAO, THE PHILIPPINES: AUG. 1976

14 CHILE: MAY 1960

15 COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIES DATA 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

16 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”

17 JAPAN: MARCH 11, 2011

18 INDONESIA: OCTOBER 2010

19 CHILE: FEBRUARY 2010

20 AMERICAN SAMOA: SEPTEMBER 2009

21 SOLOMON ISLANDS: APRIL 2007

22 JAVA ISLANDS: APRIL 2006

23 INDONESIA: DECEMBER 2004

24 ALASKA (USA): MARCH 1964

25 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).

26 SCHEMATIC OF THE HYPOTHETICAL TSUNAMI WAVE (USGS)


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