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Pakistan: Earthquake preparedness

31 Jan 2012, Dawn Media Group

'It is better to be prepared now in order to minimise damage rather than grapple with the consequences of being unprepared when disaster does strike' warns Dawn.com in an editorial...


National Platform

Human Exposure
Hazard type Population
exposed
Percentage of population
Cyclone 350,798
Drought 11,872,500
Flood 579,732
Landslide 10,772
 
Earthquake 2,887,030
Tsunami 119,424
Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report
Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Flood 2010 18,102,327
Flood 2005 7,000,450
Flood 1992 6,655,450
Flood 1992 6,184,418
Earthquake* 2005 5,128,309
Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
Data version: v11.08   *: Including tsunami
Data displayed does not imply national endorsement.

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