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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
Japan: Tokyo conducts disaster drill at stations, companies
3 Feb 2012, Mainichi Daily news, the
Organized by the Tokyo metropolitan government, the drill was based on the scenario that a magnitude 7.3 quake had halted public transportation following the Great East Japan Earthquake 2011...
- International seminar on role of forests in natural disasters05 Feb 2012, Japan (Sendai, Miyagi)
- International workshop on large-scale natural disaster and protected areas17 Feb 2012, Japan (Tokyo)
- Comprehensive disaster risk management framework course27 Feb - 06 Apr 2012
- Disaster management non-thesis master programITU
- MSc Geophysical hazardsUCL, United Kingdom (London)
- MSc Earthquake engineering with disaster managementUCL, United Kingdom (London)
School-based disaster risk reduction: making education safer2011, AIDMI; Concern
I'm prepared for emergencies: friends power series 12011, UNISDR ROAS; WHO - EMRO
Séisme en Haiti: bilan et regards sur deux ans d'action2012, CRF
Central and Eastern United States seismic source characterization for nuclear facilities: technical report2012, EPRI; NRC, United States of America - gov; DOE, United States of America - gov
Munich Re: Worldwide distribution of natural catastrophes in 2011Jan 2012, Munich Re
Bangladesh: composite hazard mapMar 2011, OCHA-ROAP
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 |
- Head of national society support and knowledge developmentHaiti (Port-au-Prince (Base Camp)), IFRC
- Director, programme qualityAfghanistan (Kabul / Roving), Afghanaid
- Internship (Making Cities Resilient campaign)Japan (Kobe), UNISDR AP
External Online Resources on Earthquake
- Between Bulls and Mosquitoes: Earthquake lesson plans (in English and Chinese)
- British Geological Survey: earthquakes
- Con los pies en la tierra: a DPAE educational resource on earthquake in Bogotá (in Spanish)
- Confined Masonry Network
- 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
- 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)
- 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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