Reducing Impacts Of Earthquakes

Question 1

Monitoring: earthquakes don’t give reliable early warnings. These methods are costly and only give a few seconds warning.

Answer 1

Strain metre, creep metre, tilt meter.
Seismographs detect the tiny earth movements that may lead to an earthquake.
Random gas is released just before nine as quick as any can be detected. Animals are set to act crazy just before and earthquake

Question 2

Preparing

Answer 2

Prepare disaster plan.
Carry out regular disaster drills.
Education.
Organise emergency supplies.
Prepare a disaster kit.
Train emergency services, hospitals and evacuation centres.
Set up efficient warning and information centres.

Question 3

Responding

Answer 3

Use of specially trained dogs and sensitive listening equipment to locate survivors and rubble.
Prepare the built environment to ensure the buildings can withstand earth tremors.