Limiting Damage Earthquakes Flashcards
How can u plan for earthquakes
Emergency services can practice for emergency’s
Stock-pile medicine, food, blankets in preparation for displaced and harmed citizens
Educate the population in what to do during and after
How do u protect for earthquakes
Construct buildings and roads with stand shaking
How prediction can help prepare for earthquakes
Water levels can change in wells and lakes
Foreshocks can be detected movement within rock
Animals can act strangely before an earthquake
What are the different factors that affect the damage an earthquake causes
-magnitude of the earthquake
-physical landscape
-time of day
-building, design and construction
-emergency ,service , response
-GDP
-education