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Should people leave the school building as soon as an earthquake strikes?
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∙ 12y ago
Well...it depends when on the situation you are in.
If you are not sure, my best advice is to listen to what earthquake experts say:-)
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What are the best methods of preventing the physical cost of an earthquake?
Loss of lives can be prevented with evacuation plans. This would allow the people to be able to react when an earthquake strikes. Also, with the use of technology, sensors can be used to tell when an earthquake will happen, giving the people enough time to react. To minimize the number of infrastructures destroyed, strengthening of pillars and reinforcing of walls can be used, although it will not be as effective as building quake resistant infrastructures. The government can also analyse the risk of earthquake and move the population away from those high risk zones.
How do you reduce the effect of earthquake?
I have survived the 1999 Turkish earthquake killing approximately 50,000. As far as I know, there is no way to reduce an earthquake but if you meant "reduce the damage an earthquake causes" then there are ways for that. You must know if you are located on or around a fault-line where two tectonic plates meet. These plates move the opposite directions and cause an elastic tension effect, when they come to a point where the tension is so high they snap and cause shaking which is the quake. When developing a city or a community, on or around a fault line make sure the building is good and safe with the standards for earthquake, make everyone aware that a possibility of an earthquake is there and make emergency plans. I never saw the Turkish earthquake coming, it hit everyone by surprise so buildings changed, people became more aware of earthquake safety after the quake but we could have avoided the 50,000 dead.
What should people have in their homes at school an earthquake?
They should have safety kits: fire extinguisher to keep fire out first aid kit
What was the name of the earthquake that killed 140000 people?
The Tutti Earthquake
Is earthquake a type of tsunami?
No, a tsunami MAY occur after an earthquake, if the epicenter of the quake was underwater. Tsunamis do not always follow an underwater earthquake, though. That adds to people's uncertainty after a quake, especially about whether they should flee to higher ground after a quake.
How much does it cost people when an earthquake strikes?
it all dipends how bad it is
How do people avoid or limit an earthquake's damages?
People avoid or limit an earthquake's damage by building structures that will not fail in the earthquake or subsequent events and make it safe at the same time.
What happened in Japan's earthquake?
They are building more buildings for people to live in!
How many people died in the CTV building after the Christchurch Earthquake?
115
Why in the hours after an earthquake people should not go inside a building?
Because the person does not know if the house is sturdy to stay standing and it may colapse on top of the person or people.
How many people died in the earthquake and tsunami?
It usually depends on the population of people living near the coast since tsunamis occur in near the coastal area. Similarly, it depends on the area the earthquake strikes at.
How did the invention of the seismograph effect the lives of people today?
It helps people get warned of an earthquake so that they can go and find shelter before it strikes.
Should laws say that building built near faults must be earthquake proof?
Because it is safer
What kills most people in an earthquake?
The collapsing of the building on people, and people that contrat illness / dissease such as cholera.
How can you tell when a earthquake is going to happen?
Warnings on TVs tell people to get out of the building their in.
Y should people living in earthquake regions prepare emergency kits?
People living in earthquake regions should prepare with emergency kits because an earthquake may happen at anytime.
What are the best methods of preventing the physical cost of an earthquake?
Loss of lives can be prevented with evacuation plans. This would allow the people to be able to react when an earthquake strikes. Also, with the use of technology, sensors can be used to tell when an earthquake will happen, giving the people enough time to react. To minimize the number of infrastructures destroyed, strengthening of pillars and reinforcing of walls can be used, although it will not be as effective as building quake resistant infrastructures. The government can also analyse the risk of earthquake and move the population away from those high risk zones.
