remembering some of the notable damaging earthquakes and tsunamis over the past quarter century

COMMUNITIESDATA BASES

AND INFORMATION

HAZARDS:GROUND SHAKING

GROUND FAILURE

SURFACE FAULTING

TECTONIC DEFORMATION

TSUNAMI RUN UP

AFTERSHOCKS

• QUAKE HAZARDS

•INVENTORY

•VULNERABILITY

•LOCATION

EARTHQUAKE RISK

RISK

ACCEPTABLE RISK

UNACCEPTABLE RISK

QUAKE DISASTER

RESILIENCE

•PREPAREDNESS

•PROTECTION

•FORECASTS/SCENARIOS

•EMERGENCY RESPONSE

•RECOVERY and

RECONSTRUCTION

POLICY OPTIONS

REMEMBERING SOME OF

THE NOTABLE DAMAGING

EARTHQUAKES AND

TSUNAMIS

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

COMMUNITIESDATA BASES

AND INFORMATION

HAZARDS:GROUND SHAKING

GROUND FAILURE

SURFACE FAULTING

TECTONIC DEFORMATION

TSUNAMI RUN UP

AFTERSHOCKS

• QUAKE HAZARDS

•INVENTORY

•VULNERABILITY

•LOCATION

EARTHQUAKE RISK

RISK

ACCEPTABLE RISK

UNACCEPTABLE RISK

QUAKE DISASTER

RESILIENCE

•PREPAREDNESS

•PROTECTION

•FORECASTS/SCENARIOS

•EMERGENCY RESPONSE

•RECOVERY and

RECONSTRUCTION

POLICY OPTIONS

INADEQUATE RESISTANCE TO

HORIZONTAL GROUND SHAKING

EARTHQUAKES

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

“DISASTER

LABORATORIES”

VAN, TURKEY: OCTOBER,

2011

L'AQUILA, ITALY: APRIL 2009

SICHUAN PROVINCE, CHINA;

MAY 2008

SUMATRA, INDONESIA:

SEPTEMBER 2007

BAN, IRAN: DECEMBER 2003

ARMENIA: DECEMBER 1988

MINDANAO, THE

PHILIPPINES: AUG. 1976

CHILE: MAY 1960

COMMUNITIESDATA BASES

AND INFORMATION

HAZARDS:GROUND SHAKING

GROUND FAILURE

SURFACE FAULTING

TECTONIC DEFORMATION

TSUNAMI RUN UP

AFTERSHOCKS

•TSUNAMI HAZARDS

•PEOPLE & BLDGS.

•VULNERABILITY

•LOCATION

TSUNAMI RISK

RISK

ACCEPTABLE RISK

UNACCEPTABLE RISK

GOAL: TSUNAMI

DISASTER RESILIENCE

• PREPAREDNESS

•PROTECTION

•EARLY WARNING

•EMERGENCY RESPONSE

•RECOVERY and

RECONSTRUCTION

POLICY OPTIONS

HIGH VELOCITY IMPACT OF

INCOMING WAVES

TSUNAMIS

INLAND DISTANCE OF WAVE

RUNUP

VERTICAL HEIGHT OF WAVE

RUNUP

INADEQUATE RESISTANCE OF

BUILDINGS

FLOODING

INADEQUATE HORIZONTAL

AND VERTICAL EVACUATION

PROXIMITY TO SOURCE OF

TSUNAMI

CAUSES

OF

DAMAGE

“DISASTER

LABORATORIES”

JAPAN: MARCH 11, 2011

INDONESIA: OCTOBER 2010

CHILE: FEBRUARY 2010

AMERICAN SAMOA:

SEPTEMBER 2009

SOLOMON ISLANDS: APRIL

2007

JAVA ISLANDS: APRIL 2006

INDONESIA: DECEMBER 2004

MINDANAO, THE

PHILIPPINES: AUG. 1976

ALASKA (USA): MARCH 1964

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).

SCHEMATIC OF THE HYPOTHETICAL

TSUNAMI WAVE (USGS)