LESSONS FROM PAST NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES PART VI Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA
PAST NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES HAITI JANUARY 12, 2010 JANUARY 12, 2010 A MEGA-DISASTER that lingered on
EARTHQAKES ARE DYNAMIC LABORATORIES FOR LEARNING AND CATALYSTS FOR BUILDING CAPACITY FOR DISASTER-INTELLIGENT & DISASTER-RESILIENT COMMUNITES
OCCURRENCE
PORT AU PRINCE: 1.8 MILLION PEOPLE IN A NATION OF 9 MILLION
THE M7.0 HAITI EARTHQUAKE: JAN 12
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”
THE DEADLIEST DISASTER OF 2010 OCCURRED ON JANUARY 12TH M7.0 Haiti Earthquake that killed 230,000+, largely because of the inadequacy of the building code, left over 1 million homeless and jobless survivors stuck in tent cities facing a hurricane (Tomas), cholera outbreak, and health-care problems for the next three years. M7.0 Haiti Earthquake that killed 230,000+, largely because of the inadequacy of the building code, left over 1 million homeless and jobless survivors stuck in tent cities facing a hurricane (Tomas), cholera outbreak, and health-care problems for the next three years.
IMPACTS BUILDINGS
LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES PREPAREDNESS PLANNING FOR THE INEVITABLE STRONG GROUND MOTION IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.
DISTRIBUTION OF DAMAGE
LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.
PORT AU PRINCE: A PROTECTION FAILURE
EXAMPLE OF DAMAGE: PORT AU PRINCE
COLLAPSE OF UN BUILDING: PORT AU PRINCE
PRESIDENTIAL PALACE: A PROTECTION NIGHTMARE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE: A PROTECTION NIGHTMARE
COLLAPSE OF NATIONAL CATHED- RAL: AN EMOTIONAL NIGHTMARE
COLLAPSE OF SUPER MARKET: AN EMOTIONAL NIGHTMARE
LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES PREPAREDNESS PLANNING FOR THE INEVITABLE GROUND FAILURE IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.
AERIAL VIEW AFTER LANDSLIDE
DAMAGED ROAD
PORT: TOPPLED CONTAINERS
PRESIDENTIAL PALACE: A PROTECTION NIGHTMARE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE: A PROTECTION NIGHTMARE DISRUPTION OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IMPACTS EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF A DISASTER.
LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES CAPACITY FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.
THE INEVITABLE FIRE
EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION
VOLUNTEERS SEARCHING THE RUBBLE FOR SURVIVORS
SEARCH AND RESCUE
SEARCH AND RESCUE: PORT AU PRINCE
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL: SEARCH AND RESCUE
SLEEPING IN THE STREET
EVACUATION OF INJURED
RED CROSS: EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
EVACUATING HOMELESS SURVIVORS
HAITIAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE: HOSPITAL SHIP “CONFORT”
USA CARRIER CARL VINSON ARRIVES
SEARCH AND RESCUE: VENEZUELAN TEAM
SEARCH AND RESCUE: SPANISH TEAM
SEARCH AND RESCUE: TAIWAN’S TEAM
SEARCH AND RESCUE: FRENCH TEAM
A LIVE RESCUE: FRENCH TEAM
A RESCUE AT THE UNIVERSITY
SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM: USA—LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPT.
DEBRIS REMOVAL BEGINS: JANUARY 26
TEMPORARY SHELTER: A SOCCOR FIELD
A WATER LINE
A TENT CITY AS TEMPORARY HOUSING
DAY OF MOURNING: FEBRUARY 23, 2010
DAY OF MOURNING
LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES CAPACITY FOR RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.
RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION ARE STILL UNDERWAY: JANUARY 12, 2013 A 3-YEAR MEGA-DISASTER, The M7.0 earthquake, which killed 230,000+, largely because of the inadequacy of the building code, left over 1 million homeless and jobless survivors stuck in tent cities facing annual hurricanes (e.g., Tomas), and coping with a cholera outbreak, and health-care problems. A 3-YEAR MEGA-DISASTER, The M7.0 earthquake, which killed 230,000+, largely because of the inadequacy of the building code, left over 1 million homeless and jobless survivors stuck in tent cities facing annual hurricanes (e.g., Tomas), and coping with a cholera outbreak, and health-care problems.
AFTER 3 YEARS; THE SOLUTION IS NOT YET ON THE BLACKBOARD