1. NOTABLE DISASTERS OF 2012: HIGHLIGHTS (In Reverse Chronological Order Within Each Natural Hazard, Technological Hazard, or Environmental Hazard Category)
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Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

2. CHILE THE PHILIPPINES IRAN
PART 8 EARTHQUAKES
CHILE
THE PHILIPPINES
IRAN

3. TWIN MODERATE-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKES STRIKE IRAN SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 2012

4. LOCATION MAP

5. SEISMICITY MAP OF IRAN

6. Iran has many well-known seismically active faults, which have generated devastating earthquakes in recent years, including a M6.6 earthquake in 2003 that destroyed the city of Bam and killed more than 31,000 people

7. FACT: KNOWING WHERE THE SEISMICALLY ACTIVE FAULTS ARE AND BEING UNPREPARED FOR THE INEVITABLE EARTHQUAKE WILL LEAD TO AN UNNECESSAY DISASTER

8. THE EARTHQUAKES (Source: US Geological Survey)
Saturday's first quake of M6.4 struck just before 5 pm 60 km (37 miles) northeast of the city of Tabriz at a depth of 9.9 km (6.2 miles).
Saturday’s second quake of M6.3 struck 49 km (30 miles) northeast of Tabriz 11 minutes later at a similar depth.

9. The earthquakes struck in East Azerbaijan province, a mountainous region that neighbors Azerbaijan and Armenia to the north and is predominantly populated by ethnic Azeris, a minority group.

10. INITIAL IMPACTS
Over 1,000 villages were affected, with over 5,000 buildings in 100 villages partially or totally destroyed as concrete-block and mud-brick buildings collapsed.
At least 20 villages could not be reached because of impassable roads.
People in some villages were in dire need of food and drinking water.

11. VARZAGHAN: DAMAGE

12. VARZAGHAN: DAMAGE

13. INITIAL IMPACTS
Over 300 dead (more likely), with over 60 percent being women and children, partly due to the time of day (5 PM) that the quake struck.
Over 1,800 injured.

14. INITIAL IMPACTS (continued)
36,000 people in the quake-hit area were provided with emergency shelter.
Many slept on the street and in parks.
A field hospital set up in Varzaghan on Sunday to treat the injured was staffed by just two doctors, but ,with shortages of medical supplies and food, was hard pressed to meet the sudden need.

15. INITIAL IMPACTS (continued)
Hospitals in Tabriz (49 km distance) took in many of the injured from the surrounding villages.
Water, electricity, and phone lines in the Varzaghan area were all down, further hindering rescue efforts
Preliminary loss estimate: $650 million USD

16. VARZAGHAN: INITIAL S & R MOSTLY BY RESIDENTS; AUG 11th

17. A CONTROVERSIAL DECISION
Search and rescue was stopped after 24 hours and a 2-day period of mourning started

18. THIS DISASTER EXPOSED POLICY FLAWS
UN—PROTECTED
UN—PREPARED
UN--ABLE TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY

19. FACT: VILLAGE HOUSES WITH LITTLE OF NO EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE WILL COLLAPSE, CAUSING DEATHS AND INJURIES
The 5 PM occurrence) instead of a 10 PM occurrence) reduced the number of deaths.

20. FACT: EVEN FOR THE WORLD’S BEST FIRST RESPONDERS, COLLAPSED BUILDINGS, IMPASSABLE ROADS, 60 AFTERSHOCKS, and NIGHTFALL WILL ALWAYS SLOW SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS AND EXACERBATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE

21. IRANIAN RED CRESCENT WILLING TO ACCEPT INTERNATIONAL AID
"We would welcome help by any country," said Iran's parliament speaker, Ali Larijani, during his visit to the earthquake-stricken area on Tuesday, August 14th.

22. INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE STARTS
The Turkish Red Crescent offered to send a truck with emergency supplies to the border.
Turkey's Foreign Ministry said it had informed Iran it was ready to help

23. RED CRESCENT ASSETS DEPLOYED
1,100 Red Crescent workers were deployed with 44,000 food packages and 5,600 tents for temporary shelter

24. INTERNATIONAL AID
A spokeswoman for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said that they are working closely with Iran's Red Crescent and have set up 6,000 tents to accommodate 16,000 displaced people and are providing basic supplies and blood donations for the victims.

25. M7. 2 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES CHILE NEAR THE LOCATION OF THE M8
M7.2 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES CHILE NEAR THE LOCATION OF THE M8.8 FEBRUARY 2010 QUAKE March 25, 2012

26. The M7.2 earthquake occurred on Sunday; 106 km (64 miles) west northwest of Talca, a city of 200,000+, and 226 km (134 miles) south of Santiago at a depth of 30 km (19 miles)

27. TALCA: FRIGHTENED RESIDENTS GATHER OUTSIDE

28. EARLY REPORTS NO MAJOR DAMAGE OR DEATHS; NO TSUNAMI

29. THE FEBRUARY 2010 EARTHQUAKE

30. M8.8 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES CENTRAL CHILE: 3:34 am on February 27, 2010
Subduction Zone Quake 500 Times More Energy than the M7.0 Haiti Quake
800+ Deaths; 500+ Injured
Numerous Aftershocks
Tsunami Waves Traveled Across Pacific
Estimated Loss: $30 Billion

31. LOCATION: 330 KM (200 MI) FROM SANTIAGO

32. MAGNITUDE 6.8 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES THE PHILIPPINES February 6, 2012

33. THE PHILIPPINES PLATE: AN ACTIVE PART OF THE “RING OF FIRE”

34. LOCATION MAP

35. LOCATION
75 km (44 miles) north of Dumaguete in Negros Oriental and 660 km (400 miles) SE of Manila
Depth of 48 km (29 miles)

36. 2012 EARTHQUAKE
Mw 6.8
Stricken Area: Provinces of Negros Oriental and Cebu
Hardest hit City: Guihulngan, a mountainous town in Negros Oriental

37. It slowed, but did not kill the Philippines’ recovery from WW II
1948 EARTHQUAKE: A M8.2 QUAKE OCCURRED IN THE NEGROS ORIENTAL AREA IN 1948
It slowed, but did not kill the Philippines’ recovery from WW II

38. SOCIETAL IMPACTS

39. INITIAL REPORTS OF SOCIETAL IMPACTS
Communication disrupted
Panic in Cebu, a coastal town, due to unfounded rumors of a large tsunami
Looting in Guihulngan hindered S&R efforts

40. CEBU: PEOPLE SCRAMBLING DUE TO FALSE RUMORS OF A TSUNAMI

41. INITIAL REPORTS OF SOCIETAL IMPACTS
Over 200 aftershocks—some reaching M6.2-- hindered S&R and exacerbated damage
Widespread power outages
At least 43 dead, but this toll will likely rise due to the large number of missing people

42. INITIAL REPORTS OF SOCIETAL IMPACTS
Ground shaking and landslides destroyed buildings and infrastructure
Rain-induced landslides buried miners in Pantukan on Mindanao
Landslides buried 30 homes in the village of Planas in Negros Oriental

43. INITIAL REPORTS OF SOCIETAL IMPACTS
Death toll from another landslide in the mountain village of Solongon is not yet known.
School and college students were killed as buildings collapsed
Distribution of food and medicine hindered by impassable roads and damage to bridges

44. CEBU: PEOPLE EVACUATED TALL BUILDINGS AFTER MAIN SHOCK

45. NEGROS ORIENTAL: DAMAGE TO ROADS

46. NEGROS ORIENTAL: DAMAGE TO ROADS

47. DAMAGE TO ROADS

48. PANTUKAN: SEARCH AND RESCUE ACTIVITIES TO SAVE TRAPPED MINERS