Limiting Earthquakes Damage

Question 1

Plan

Answer 1

-emergency services can practice for disaster
-stock-pile medicine,food,blankets etc
-educate the population in what to do during and after

Question 2

Protect

Answer 2

Construct buildings and roads that withstand shaking

Question 3

Predict

Answer 3

-predicting earthquakes accurately enough to evacuate people is nearly impossible but…
-water levels can change in wells and lakes
-foreshocks can be detected by a seismometer and a tilt meter can detect movement within a rock
-animal can act strangely before an earthquake

Question 4

What factors affect earthquake damage

Answer 4

-Magnitude of the earthquake
-physical landscape
-time of day
-building design and construction
-emergency service response
-GDP