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LESSONS FROM PAST NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES

LESSONS FROM PAST NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES. Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA . PAST NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES. L’AQUILA, ITALY APRIL 6, 2009.

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LESSONS FROM PAST NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES

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  1. LESSONS FROM PAST NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA 

  2. PAST NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES L’AQUILA, ITALY APRIL 6, 2009

  3. EARTHQAKES ARE DYNAMIC LABORATORIES FOR LEARNING AND CATALYSTS FOR BUILDING CAPACITY FOR DISASTER-INTELLIGENT & DISASTER-RESILIENT COMMUNITES

  4. THE L’AQUILA, ITALY AREA WAS DEVASTATED BY A MODERATE EARTHQUAKE M6.3 3:30 AM APRIL 6, 2009

  5. OCCURRENCE

  6. LOCATION

  7. LOCATION MAP

  8. LOCATION MAP

  9. L'AQUILA (A TOWN OF 70,000) AND 26 VILLAGES DEVASTATED

  10. CAUSES OF DAMAGE INADEQUATE RESISTANCE TO HORIZONTAL GROUND SHAKING SOIL AMPLIFICATION PERMANENT DISPLACEMENT (SURFACE FAULTING & GROUND FAILURE) IRREGULARITIES IN ELEVATION AND PLAN EARTHQUAKES FIRE FOLLOWING RUPTURE OF UTILITIES “DISASTER LABORATORIES” LACK OF DETAILING AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS INATTENTION TO NON-STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS

  11. LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE • ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES • PREPAREDNESS PLANNING FOR THE INEVITABLE GROUND SHAKING IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

  12. LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE • ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES • PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

  13. IMPACTS BUILDINGS

  14. SANTA MARIA PAGANICA CHURCH

  15. DAMAGE TO CHURCH

  16. DAMAGE TO DOME OF CHURCH

  17. A COLLAPSED SCHOOL: A PROTECTION NIGHTMARE • COLLAPSE OF A SCHOOL, A “SAFE HAVEN,” WITH THE LOSS OF YOUNG LIVES, CAN PARALYZE A COMMUNITY WITH GRIEF.

  18. ONNA: 3 MILES FROM L'AQUILA

  19. ONNA

  20. AFTERSHOCKS EXACERBATE DAMAGE IN VILLAGE OF ONNA

  21. 276 DEAD IN A COLLAPSED BUILDING

  22. DAMAGED HOUSE

  23. LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE • ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES • PREPAREDNESS PLANNING FOR THE INEVITABLE GROUND FAILURE IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

  24. L'AQUILA: SITE EFFECTS FROM LOCATION IN OLD LAKE BED

  25. DAMAGE TO ROAD

  26. SEARCH AND RESCUE: COLLAPSED BUILDINGS

  27. RESCUE WORKERS

  28. LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE • ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES • CAPACITY FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

  29. SEARCH AND RESCUE

  30. SEARCH AND RESCUE

  31. SEARCH AND RESCUE

  32. RESCUED VICTIM

  33. EVACUEE ASLEEP IN CAR

  34. EVACUATION CENTER: UNIVERSITY SPORTS CENTER

  35. EVACUEES: A STADIUM

  36. EVACUEES HOUSED IN STADIUM

  37. LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE • ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES • CAPACITY FOR RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

  38. IMPACTS VULNERABLE UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDINGS DAMAGED UNIVERSITY DORM COLLAPSES VULNERABLE INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGED

  39. IMPACTS AT LEAST TWO HUNDRED DEAD AND TWO THOUSAND INJURED TENS OF THOUSANDS LEFT HOMELESS

  40. GOING TO “PLAN B” Many earthquake survivors had to be transported to Rome for surgery and/or treatment due to shortage of resources in the L’Aquila area

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