Each disaster is an opportunity to add to the “global book of knowledge” on occurrences, consequences, and disaster risk reduction measures. 2014--2020 is a good time for a global surge in educational, technical, health care, and political capacity building in all five pillars of community disaster resilience. All past disasters demonstrate the urgency of becoming disaster resilient. Premise: a disaster on the same scale should never happen twice in a community. Presentation courtesy of Dr. Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction

1. EARTHQUAKE RISK
• QUAKE HAZARDS
•INVENTORY
•VULNERABILITY
•LOCATION
ACCEPTABLE RISK
RISK
UNACCEPTABLE RISK
QUAKE DISASTER
RESILIENCE
DATA BASES
AND INFORMATION
COMMUNITIES
POLICY OPTIONS
HAZARDS:
GROUND SHAKING
GROUND FAILURE
SURFACE FAULTING
TECTONIC DEFORMATION
TSUNAMI RUN UP
AFTERSHOCKS
•PREPAREDNESS
•PROTECTION
•FORECASTS/SCENARIOS
•EMERGENCY RESPONSE
•RECOVERY and
RECONSTRUCTION

2. REMEMBERING SOME OF
THE NOTABLE DAMAGING
EARTHQUAKES AND
TSUNAMIS

3. 2014--2020 IS A GOOD TIME
FOR A GLOBAL SURGE IN
EDUCATIONAL, TECHNICAL,
HEALTH CARE, AND POLITICAL
CAPACITY BUILDING
IN ALL FIVE PILLARS OF
COMMUNITY
DISASTER RESILIENCE

4. ALL PAST DISASTERS
DEMONSTRATE THE
URGENCY OF BECOMING
DISASTER RESILIENT
PREMISE: A DISASTER ON THE
SAME SCALE SHOULD NEVER
HAPPEN TWICE IN A
COMMUNITY

5. EARTHQUAKE RISK
• QUAKE HAZARDS
•INVENTORY
•VULNERABILITY
•LOCATION
ACCEPTABLE RISK
RISK
UNACCEPTABLE RISK
QUAKE DISASTER
RESILIENCE
DATA BASES
AND INFORMATION
COMMUNITIES
POLICY OPTIONS
HAZARDS:
GROUND SHAKING
GROUND FAILURE
SURFACE FAULTING
TECTONIC DEFORMATION
TSUNAMI RUN UP
AFTERSHOCKS
•PREPAREDNESS
•PROTECTION
•FORECASTS/SCENARIOS
•EMERGENCY RESPONSE
•RECOVERY and
RECONSTRUCTION

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

7. VAN, TURKEY: OCTOBER,
2011

8. L'AQUILA, ITALY: APRIL 2009

9. SICHUAN PROVINCE, CHINA;
MAY 2008

10. SUMATRA, INDONESIA:
SEPTEMBER 2007

11. BAN, IRAN: DECEMBER 2003

12. ARMENIA: DECEMBER 1988

13. MINDANAO, THE
PHILIPPINES: AUG. 1976

14. CHILE: MAY 1960

15. TSUNAMI RISK
•TSUNAMI HAZARDS
•PEOPLE & BLDGS.
•VULNERABILITY
•LOCATION
ACCEPTABLE RISK
RISK
UNACCEPTABLE RISK
GOAL: TSUNAMI
DISASTER RESILIENCE
DATA BASES
AND INFORMATION
COMMUNITIES
POLICY OPTIONS
HAZARDS:
GROUND SHAKING
GROUND FAILURE
SURFACE FAULTING
TECTONIC DEFORMATION
TSUNAMI RUN UP
AFTERSHOCKS
• PREPAREDNESS
•PROTECTION
•EARLY WARNING
•EMERGENCY RESPONSE
•RECOVERY and
RECONSTRUCTION

16. CAUSES
OF
DAMAGE
HIGH VELOCITY IMPACT OF
INCOMING WAVES
INLAND DISTANCE OF WAVE
RUNUP
VERTICAL HEIGHT OF WAVE
RUNUP
TSUNAMIS
“DISASTER
LABORATORIES”
INADEQUATE RESISTANCE OF
BUILDINGS
FLOODING
INADEQUATE HORIZONTAL
AND VERTICAL EVACUATION
PROXIMITY TO SOURCE OF
TSUNAMI

17. JAPAN: MARCH 11, 2011

18. INDONESIA: OCTOBER 2010

19. CHILE: FEBRUARY 2010

20. AMERICAN SAMOA:
SEPTEMBER 2009

21. SOLOMON ISLANDS: APRIL
2007

22. JAVA ISLANDS: APRIL 2006

23. INDONESIA: DECEMBER 2004

24. MINDANAO, THE
PHILIPPINES: AUG. 1976

25. ALASKA (USA): MARCH 1964

26. EXTRAPOLATION TO 2013
• A tsunami generated by a massive
earthquake off the coast of Alaska
would leave the northern Orange
County coast and Long Beach
underwater.
• Source: U.S. Geological Survey
report, Wednesday (Sept. 4, 2013).

27. SCHEMATIC OF THE HYPOTHETICAL
TSUNAMI WAVE (USGS)