LESSONS FROM PAST NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES Walter Hays Global
LESSONS FROM PAST NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA
PAST NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES L’AQUILA, ITALY APRIL 6, 2009
EARTHQAKES ARE DYNAMIC LABORATORIES FOR LEARNING AND CATALYSTS FOR BUILDING CAPACITY FOR DISASTER-INTELLIGENT & DISASTER-RESILIENT COMMUNITES
THE L’AQUILA, ITALY AREA WAS DEVASTATED BY A MODERATE EARTHQUAKE M 6. 3 3: 30 AM APRIL 6, 2009
OCCURRENCE
LOCATION
LOCATION MAP
LOCATION MAP
L'AQUILA (A TOWN OF 70, 000) AND 26 VILLAGES DEVASTATED
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
LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE § ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES § PREPAREDNESS PLANNING FOR THE INEVITABLE GROUND SHAKING IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.
LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE § ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES § PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.
IMPACTS BUILDINGS
SANTA MARIA PAGANICA CHURCH
DAMAGE TO CHURCH
DAMAGE TO DOME OF CHURCH
A COLLAPSED SCHOOL: A PROTECTION NIGHTMARE § COLLAPSE OF A SCHOOL, A “SAFE HAVEN, ” WITH THE LOSS OF YOUNG LIVES, CAN PARALYZE A COMMUNITY WITH GRIEF.
ONNA: 3 MILES FROM L'AQUILA
ONNA
AFTERSHOCKS EXACERBATE DAMAGE IN VILLAGE OF ONNA
276 DEAD IN A COLLAPSED BUILDING
DAMAGED HOUSE
LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE § ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES § PREPAREDNESS PLANNING FOR THE INEVITABLE GROUND FAILURE IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.
L'AQUILA: SITE EFFECTS FROM LOCATION IN OLD LAKE BED
DAMAGE TO ROAD
SEARCH AND RESCUE: COLLAPSED BUILDINGS
RESCUE WORKERS
LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE § ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES § CAPACITY FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.
SEARCH AND RESCUE
SEARCH AND RESCUE
SEARCH AND RESCUE
RESCUED VICTIM
EVACUEE ASLEEP IN CAR
EVACUATION CENTER: UNIVERSITY SPORTS CENTER
EVACUEES: A STADIUM
EVACUEES HOUSED IN STADIUM
LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE § ALL NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES § CAPACITY FOR RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.
IMPACTS § VULNERABLE UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDINGS DAMAGED § UNIVERSITY DORM COLLAPSES § VULNERABLE INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGED
IMPACTS § AT LEAST TWO HUNDRED DEAD AND TWO THOUSAND INJURED § TENS OF THOUSANDS LEFT HOMELESS
GOING TO “PLAN B” § Many earthquake survivors had to be transported to Rome for surgery and/or treatment due to shortage of resources in the L’Aquila area
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