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1
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-sudden calamitous event; brings damage, loss, destruction/devastation to life; is sudden/ progressive
-exceeds the ability of the affected area to cope with their resources

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Disaster

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2
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-the probability of a community’s structure to be damaged by a disaster

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Disaster risk

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3
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state of the elements at risk

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Exposure

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4
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7 Elements Exposed to Hazards:

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1.Humans
2.Dwellings
3.Structures
4.Public facilities
5.Public transport system
6.Agricultural Commodities
7.Environmental assets

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5
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-characteristics/ circumstances of a community susceptible to hazards

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Vulnerability

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6
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from forces of nature type of disaster

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Natural Disaster

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7
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from human actions of disaster

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Human made disaster

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8
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4 factors of vulnerability

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1.Demographic
2.Socio-economic
3.Environmental
4.Physical

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9
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sudden movement of ground; release of elastic energy stored in rocks

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Earthquake

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10
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where the faulting begins; hypocenter

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Focus

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11
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above the focus

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Epicenter

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12
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-zone of fracture between blocks or rock

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Fault

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13
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where tectonic plates meet; boundaries that generate large earthquake and tsunamis

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Subduction Zone

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14
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-response of material to the arrival of energy released by rapture

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Seismic Waves

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14
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energy released; measured by a seismograph

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Magnitude

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15
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strength of the earthquake felt by people in the area

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Intensity

16
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records seismic waves/seismogram

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Seismograph

17
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mountains that have the capacity to erupt any time

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Volcanoes

18
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Chain of Volcanoes

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Arc

19
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5 Factors of Disaster Risk

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1.Severity of Exposure
2.Gender & Family
3.Age
4.Developing Countries
5.Low Social Support

20
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4 Effects on Human Life

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1.Displacement of population
2.Health risk
3.Food scarcity
4.Emotional aftershocks

21
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6 Disaster from Different Perspectives

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1.Physical
2.Psychological
3.Socio-cultural
4.Economic
5.Political
6.Environment

22
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4 psychological disaster from different perspectives

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1.Emotional effects
2,Cognitive effects
3.Physical effects
4.interpersonal effects

23
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vibration of ground
-triggers liquefaction and landslide (Primary Earthquake Hazard)

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Ground Shaking

24
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wide range of ground movements
-triggers rock falls
(Primary Earthquake Hazard)

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Landslide

25
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ground becomes soft; occurs when soil and groundwater mix
(Primary Earthquake Hazards)

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Liquefaction

26
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esults when fault rapture extends to surface
( Primary Earthquake Hazards)

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Surface Rupture

27
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Apart of body waves. fastest; travel through all states of matter
-material movement in same direction as wave movement

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Primary Body Waves

28
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Apart of Body waves. slower; only travels through solids
-shear waves; material movement perpendicular to wave movement

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Secondary Body Waves

29
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(Secondary Earthquake Hazards.)
-originates under the ocean; can either be:
locally-generated
-from nearby trenches
far-field
-from sources far from the impact

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Tsunami

30
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wave in an enclosed body of water ( Secondary Earthquake Hazard)

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Seiche

31
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-water that remains from a tsunami ( Secondary Earthquake Hazard)

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Flooding / Flood

32
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It can be defined as a hazardous area where ____ will start or where smokes or gasses can be generated, or where an explosion can occur endangering the lives of people. ( Secondary Earthquake Hazard)

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Fire

33
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defined as “the characteristics and circumstances of a community, system or asset that make it susceptible to the damaging effects of a hazard.”

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Vulnerability liwat :)))

34
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moves in longitudinal and transverse motion
( Surface waves )

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Rayleigh Waves

35
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slower; only travels through solids
-shear waves; material movement perpendicular to wave movement

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Secondary

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