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Earthquake
Earthquake is a term used to describe both sudden slip on a fault, and the resulting ground shaking and radiated seismic energy caused by the slip, or by volcanic or magmatic activity, or other sudden stress changes in the earth. source: USGS
Indian hospitals to be made disaster resistant
15 April 2008
Work has begun on government-run hospitals in high seismic zones and coastal areas to help make them disaster resistant...
Training & Events on Earthquake
- Los Angeles International earthquake conference12-14 Nov 2008
- First international conference on remote sensing techniques in disaster management and emergency response in the Mediterranean region22-24 Sep 2008
- Recent developments in geo-hazard disaster management: focusing on earthquake vulnerability reduction in mountainous regions10-24 Aug 2008
- Assist national Health Ministries to ensure that health sector vulnerability reduction priorities are formulated and instituted
HFA Priority for action 1 - Cooperative Project with ADRC member countries
HFA Priority for action 1 - Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Programmes (DPM)
HFA Priority for action 1
Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
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