1. LEARNING FROM GLOBAL DISASTER LABORATORIES APRIL 16, 2016 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES ECUADOR

2. A M7.8, 20-KM-DEEP EARTHQUAKE LOCATED OFFSHORE ECUADOR STRUCK ON SATURDAY MIGHT, KILLING AT LEAST 77, WJTH MORE DEATHS EXPECTED

3. ECUADOR IN ON THE PACIFIC RING OF FIRE
CIRCUM-PACIFIC NATIONS ARE PRONE TO EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS

4. TSUNAMI FAULT RUPTURE TECTONIC DEFORMATION DAMAGE/LOSS
FOUNDATION FAILURE
EARTHQUAKE
DAMAGE/ LOSS
SITE AMPLIFICATION
DAMAGE/ LOSS
GROUND
SHAKING
LIQUEFACTION
DAMAGE/ LOSS
DAMAGE/LOSS
LANDSLIDES
DAMAGE/ LOSS
AFTERSHOCKS
DAMAGE/ LOSS
SEICHE
DAMAGE/ LOSS

5. INADEQUATE RESISTANCE TO HORIZONTAL GROUND SHAKING
CAUSES OF DAMAGE
INADEQUATE RESISTANCE TO HORIZONTAL GROUND SHAKING
SOIL AMPLIFICATION
PERMANENT DISPLACEMENT (SURFACE FAULTING & GROUND FAILURE)
IRREGULARITIES IN ELEVATION AND PLAN
EARTHQUAKES
GLOBAL “DISASTER LABORATORIES”
FIRE FOLLOWING RUPTURE OF UTILITIES
LACK OF DETAILING AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
INATTENTION TO NON-STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS

6. The two most devastated areas were Pedernales, a popular tourist destination with beaches lined with palm-trees and tropical thatch-hut restaurants, and nearby Cojimies.

7. "There are villages that are totally devastated," Pedernales' mayor, Gabriel Alcivar, said in a radio interview. "What happened here in Pedernales is catastrophic."

8. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake was felt hundreds of miles (km) away in the capital of Quito as well as in the large commercial city of Guayaquil, where rubble filled the streets and some buildings were cracked or partially collapsed.

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10. YOUR COMMUNITY MONITORING ACCEPTABLE RISK HAZARD MAPS INVENTORY
VULNERABILITY
LOCATION
ACCEPTABLE RISK
UNACCEPTABLE RISK
RISK
BOOKS OF KNOWLEDGE
DATA BASES AND INFORMATION
YOUR
COMMUNITY
PREPAREDNESS
PROTECTION
EM RESPONSE
RECOSTRUCTION AND RECOVERY
EARTHQUAKE DISASTER RESILIENCE
HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS 10

11. PILLARS OF EARTHQUAKE DISASTER RESILIENCE
Preparedness
Protection: Adoption and Implementation of a Modern Earthquake Engineering Building Code and Lifeline Standards
Prevention: Land Use Planning and Base Isolation

12. PILLARS OF EARTHQUAKE DISASTER RESILIENCE (continued)
Monitoring
Realistic Earthquake Disaster Scenarios
Timely Emergency Response (including search and Rescue and Emergency Medical Services)
Cost-Effective Recovery and Reconstruction

13. THE CHALLENGE: CHANGING EXISTING POLICIES:
CREATE, ADJUST, AND REALIGN PROGRAMS, PARTNERS AND PEOPLE UNTIL YOU HAVE CREATED THE KINDS OF TURNING POINTS NEEDED FOR MOVING TOWARDS EARTHQUAKE DISASTER RESILIENCE

14. AN UNDER-UTILIZED GLOBAL STRATEGY To Create Turning Points for Earthquake Disaster Resilience
USING EDUCATIONAL SURGES CONTAINING THE PAST AND PRESENT LESSONS TO FOSTER AND ACCELERATE POLICY CHANGES

15. MOVING TOWARDS THE MUST-HAPPEN GLOBAL STRATEGY To Achieve Earthquake Disaster Resilience
INTEGRATION OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS WITH POLITICAL SOLUTIONS IN EVERY NATION FOR REALISTIC POLICIES ON PREPAREDNESS, PROTECTION, DISASTER SCENARIOS, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, RECONSTRUCTION, AND RECOVERY