LESSONS FROM PAST NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES PART VI
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LESSONS FROM PAST LESSONS FROM PAST NOTABLE EARTHQUAKESNOTABLE EARTHQUAKES
PART VIPART VI
Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna,
Virginia, USA
PAST NOTABLE PAST NOTABLE EARTHQUAKESEARTHQUAKES
HAITIHAITI
JANUARY 12, 2010JANUARY 12, 2010
A A MEGA-DISASTERMEGA-DISASTER that lingered on that lingered on
EARTHQAKES ARE EARTHQAKES ARE DYNAMIC DYNAMIC LABORATORIESLABORATORIES FOR FOR
LEARNING AND CATALYSTS LEARNING AND CATALYSTS FOR FOR BUILDING CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY
FOR FOR DISASTER-INTELLIGENT DISASTER-INTELLIGENT & DISASTER-RESILIENT & DISASTER-RESILIENT
COMMUNITESCOMMUNITES
OCCURRENCEOCCURRENCE
PORT AU PRINCE: 1.8 MILLION PORT AU PRINCE: 1.8 MILLION PEOPLE IN A NATION OF 9 MILLIONPEOPLE IN A NATION OF 9 MILLION
THE M7.0 HAITI THE M7.0 HAITI EARTHQUAKE: JAN 12EARTHQUAKE: JAN 12
INADEQUATE RESISTANCE TO HORIZONTAL GROUND SHAKING
EARTHQUAKESEARTHQUAKES
SOIL AMPLIFICATION
PERMANENT DISPLACEMENT (SURFACE FAULTING & GROUND
FAILURE)
IRREGULARITIES IN ELEVATION AND PLAN
FIRE FOLLOWING RUPTURE OF UTILITIES
LACK OF DETAILING AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
INATTENTION TO NON-STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS
CAUSES OF DAMAGE
CAUSES OF DAMAGE
“DISASTER LABORATORIES”
“DISASTER LABORATORIES”
THE DEADLIEST DISASTER OF 2010 THE DEADLIEST DISASTER OF 2010 OCCURRED ON JANUARY 12TH OCCURRED ON JANUARY 12TH
• M7.0 M7.0 Haiti Earthquake that killed Haiti Earthquake that killed 230,000+, largely because of the 230,000+, largely because of the inadequacy of the building codeinadequacy of the building code, left , left over 1 million homeless and jobless over 1 million homeless and jobless survivors stuck in tent cities facing a survivors stuck in tent cities facing a hurricane hurricane (Tomas)(Tomas), cholera outbreak, , cholera outbreak, and health-care problems for the next and health-care problems for the next three years.three years.
IMPACTS IMPACTS
BUILDINGSBUILDINGS
LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCEDISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL NOTABLE ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKESEARTHQUAKES
PREPAREDNESS PREPAREDNESS PLANNING FOR PLANNING FOR THE THE INEVITABLE INEVITABLE STRONG GROUND STRONG GROUND MOTION MOTION IS IS ESSENTIAL FOR ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.RESILIENCE.
DISTRIBUTION OF DAMAGEDISTRIBUTION OF DAMAGE
LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCEDISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL NOTABLE ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKESEARTHQUAKES
PROTECTION OF PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS AND BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE IS ESSENTIAL IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCERESILIENCE..
PORT AU PRINCE: A PORT AU PRINCE: A PROTECTION FAILUREPROTECTION FAILURE
EXAMPLE OF DAMAGE: PORT EXAMPLE OF DAMAGE: PORT AU PRINCEAU PRINCE
COLLAPSE OF UN BUILDING: COLLAPSE OF UN BUILDING: PORT AU PRINCEPORT AU PRINCE
PRESIDENTIAL PALACE: A PRESIDENTIAL PALACE: A PROTECTION NIGHTMAREPROTECTION NIGHTMAREPRESIDENTIAL PALACE: A PRESIDENTIAL PALACE: A PROTECTION NIGHTMAREPROTECTION NIGHTMARE
COLLAPSE OF NATIONAL CATHED-COLLAPSE OF NATIONAL CATHED-RAL: AN EMOTIONAL NIGHTMARERAL: AN EMOTIONAL NIGHTMARE
COLLAPSE OF SUPER MARKET: COLLAPSE OF SUPER MARKET: AN EMOTIONAL NIGHTMAREAN EMOTIONAL NIGHTMARE
LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCEDISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL NOTABLE ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKESEARTHQUAKES
PREPAREDNESS PREPAREDNESS PLANNING FOR PLANNING FOR THE THE INEVITABLE INEVITABLE GROUND FAILURE GROUND FAILURE IS ESSENTIAL IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.RESILIENCE.
AERIAL VIEW AFTER AERIAL VIEW AFTER LANDSLIDELANDSLIDE
DAMAGED ROADDAMAGED ROAD
PORT: TOPPLED CONTAINERSPORT: TOPPLED CONTAINERS
PRESIDENTIAL PALACE: A PRESIDENTIAL PALACE: A PROTECTION NIGHTMAREPROTECTION NIGHTMAREPRESIDENTIAL PALACE: A PRESIDENTIAL PALACE: A PROTECTION NIGHTMAREPROTECTION NIGHTMARE
DISRUPTION OF DISRUPTION OF THE CENTRAL THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT IMPACTS IMPACTS EMERGENCY EMERGENCY RESPONSE RESPONSE AND AND INCREASES THE INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF A LIKELIHOOD OF A DISASTERDISASTER..
LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCEDISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL NOTABLE ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKESEARTHQUAKES
CAPACITY FOR CAPACITY FOR EMERGENCY EMERGENCY RESPONSE RESPONSE IS IS ESSENTIAL FOR ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY RESILIENCERESILIENCE..
THE INEVITABLE FIRETHE INEVITABLE FIRE
EMERGENCY EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION
VOLUNTEERS SEARCHING VOLUNTEERS SEARCHING THE RUBBLE FOR SURVIVORSTHE RUBBLE FOR SURVIVORS
SEARCH AND RESCUESEARCH AND RESCUE
SEARCH AND RESCUE: PORT SEARCH AND RESCUE: PORT AU PRINCEAU PRINCE
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL: CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL: SEARCH AND RESCUESEARCH AND RESCUE
SLEEPING IN THE STREETSLEEPING IN THE STREET
EVACUATION OF INJUREDEVACUATION OF INJURED
RED CROSS: EMERGENCY RED CROSS: EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSISTANCEMEDICAL ASSISTANCE
EVACUATING HOMELESS EVACUATING HOMELESS SURVIVORS SURVIVORS
EVACUATING HOMELESS EVACUATING HOMELESS SURVIVORS SURVIVORS
HAITIAN SEARCH AND HAITIAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMRESCUE TEAM
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE: INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE: HOSPITAL SHIP “CONFORT”HOSPITAL SHIP “CONFORT”
USA CARRIER CARL VINSON USA CARRIER CARL VINSON ARRIVES ARRIVES
SEARCH AND RESCUE: SEARCH AND RESCUE: VENEZUELAN TEAMVENEZUELAN TEAM
SEARCH AND RESCUE: SEARCH AND RESCUE: SPANISH TEAMSPANISH TEAM
SEARCH AND RESCUE: SEARCH AND RESCUE: TAIWAN’S TEAMTAIWAN’S TEAM
SEARCH AND RESCUE: SEARCH AND RESCUE: FRENCH TEAMFRENCH TEAM
A LIVE RESCUE: FRENCH A LIVE RESCUE: FRENCH TEAMTEAM
A RESCUE AT THE A RESCUE AT THE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY
SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM: SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM: USA—LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPT.USA—LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPT.
DEBRIS REMOVAL BEGINS: DEBRIS REMOVAL BEGINS: JANUARY 26 JANUARY 26
TEMPORARY SHELTER: A TEMPORARY SHELTER: A SOCCOR FIELDSOCCOR FIELD
A WATER LINEA WATER LINE
A TENT CITY AS TEMPORARY A TENT CITY AS TEMPORARY HOUSINGHOUSING
DAY OF MOURNING: DAY OF MOURNING: FEBRUARY 23, 2010FEBRUARY 23, 2010
DAY OF MOURNINGDAY OF MOURNING
LESSONS LEARNED FOR LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCEDISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL NOTABLE ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKESEARTHQUAKES
CAPACITY FOR CAPACITY FOR RECOVERY AND RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTIONRECONSTRUCTION IS ESSENTIAL FOR IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY RESILIENCERESILIENCE..
RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION ARE RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION ARE STILL UNDERWAY: JANUARY 12, 2013 STILL UNDERWAY: JANUARY 12, 2013
• A 3-YEAR MEGA-DISASTERA 3-YEAR MEGA-DISASTER, , The M7.0 The M7.0 earthquake, whichearthquake, which killed 230,000+, largely killed 230,000+, largely because of the inadequacy of the because of the inadequacy of the building codebuilding code, left over 1 million , left over 1 million homeless and jobless survivors stuck in homeless and jobless survivors stuck in tent cities facing annual hurricanes tent cities facing annual hurricanes (e.g., Tomas)(e.g., Tomas), and coping with a cholera , and coping with a cholera outbreak, and health-care problems.outbreak, and health-care problems.
AFTER 3 YEARS; THE SOLUTION IS AFTER 3 YEARS; THE SOLUTION IS NOT YETNOT YET ON THE BLACKBOARD ON THE BLACKBOARD