REMEMBERING SOME OF THE NOTABLE DAMAGING EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA
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
ALL PAST DISASTERS DEMONSTRATE THE URGENCY OF BECOMING DISASTER RESILIENT PREMISE: A DISASTER ON THE SAME SCALE SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN TWICE IN A COMMUNITY
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
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”
VAN, TURKEY: OCTOBER, 2011
L'AQUILA, ITALY: APRIL 2009
SICHUAN PROVINCE, CHINA; MAY 2008
SUMATRA, INDONESIA: SEPTEMBER 2007
BAM, IRAN: DECEMBER 2003
ARMENIA: DECEMBER 1988 ARMENIA: DECEMBER 1988
MINDANAO, THE PHILIPPINES: AUG. 1976
CHILE: MAY 1960
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
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”
JAPAN: MARCH 11, 2011
INDONESIA: OCTOBER 2010
CHILE: FEBRUARY 2010
AMERICAN SAMOA: SEPTEMBER 2009
SOLOMON ISLANDS: APRIL 2007
JAVA ISLANDS: APRIL 2006
INDONESIA: DECEMBER 2004
ALASKA (USA): MARCH 1964
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).
SCHEMATIC OF THE HYPOTHETICAL TSUNAMI WAVE (USGS)