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Earthquake
Shaking, trembling or displacement of the earth surface due to seismic waves or other phenomena of volcanic or tectonic origin.source: CRED
Australia: Canterbury’s strength in recovery highlighted at United Nations forum
22 May 2013, CERA, Australia - gov
'Cranes and bulldozers and diggers can be hired - they are really just commodities. Institutions and good governance can’t be bought. And when things are really turning to custard, you need strong institutions,' said Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority chief executive Roger Sutton in a speech to the 4th Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Geneva, Switzerland, last night...
- 7th International conference on river basin management22-24 May 2013, United Kingdom (Ashurst, Southampton)
- International conference on earthquake engineering29-31 May 2013, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Skopje)
- Second international symposium on geo technical engineering for the preservation of monuments and historic sites30-31 May 2013, Italy (Naples)
- Disaster management graduate programITU, Turkey (Istanbul)
- Masters degree in civil engineering with research on disaster risk reductionCHULA, Thailand (Bangkok)
- Natural Hazard ManagementUniv of Chester, United Kingdom (Chester)
Manual de ingenieria naturalistica2012, Plan Intl; SNGR, Ecuador - gov; UNDP Ecuador
Disaster management: engineering and environmental aspects2013
Munich Re: Worldwide distribution of natural catastrophes in 2012Jan 2013, Munich Re
Munich Re: Worldwide distribution of natural catastrophes in 2011Jan 2012, Munich Re
- Civilino and the earthquake - cartoon2013, Ass di Prot Civile Pietralunghese, Anteo; Protezione Civile, Umbria
- Congratulating Indonesia on its successful early-warning reaction2012, UNGA
- Haiti, 2 ans après2012, CRF
Human Exposure - Absolute exposure to earthquake
| Countries | People exposed per year
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| 1 | Japan | 13,404,870 |     |
| 2 | Philippines | 12,182,454 | |
| 3 | Indonesia | 11,056,806 | |
| 4 | China | 8,139,068 | |
| 5 | Taiwan, prov. of China | 6,625,479 | |
Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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Number of earthquake occured (reported)
| Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database |
External Online Resources on Earthquake
- Between Bulls and Mosquitoes: Earthquake lesson plans (in English and Chinese)
- British Geological Survey: earthquakes
- China Risk Net - 中国风险网
- Con los pies en la tierra: a DPAE educational resource on earthquake in Bogotá (in Spanish)
- Confined Masonry Network
- DARA: Climate vulnerability monitor
- Disaster Report: recent natural disasters list
- Disaster risk reduction (DRR) project portal for Asia and the Pacific
- Earthquake Hazard Centre: Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
- Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative (EMI) resources
- Education for hazards
- Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)
- Humanitarian Early Warning Service - global multi-hazard watch service to support humanitarian preparedness
- Humanitarian early warning system (HEWS): HEWSweb
- Institute for Business and Home Safety: disaster safety portal
- International Charter: Space and major disaster activation maps
- International Platform for Reducing Earthquake Diasters (IPRED)
- inTERRAgate
- Italy: Emilia earthquake clearinghouse (in English and Italian)
- JMA: What is an earthquake early warning?
- Knowledge sharing on disaster risk reduction
- Le Plan Séisme (in French)
- Martinique: risques et nuisances (in French)
- Natural disaster awareness tool catalogue
- OIKOS: interactive game and information on hazard impact, mechanism, mitigation and simulation (in many languages)
- Pangeo project - Geological information in support of global monitoring for environment and security
- PREVIEW Global Risk Data Platform
- Quake loss assessment for rescue and mitigation (QLARM)
- SATCA: Early warning system for Central America
- Sharing knowledge on disaster preparedness in the Himalayan region
- The Global Task Force on Building Codes (GTFBC)
- Universidad de Concepción: Programa de educación en desastres - Vigías de la tierra
- USGS: Earthquake hazards program (USA)
- websismo
- World Housing Encyclopedia (WHE)
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