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Reducing the impacts of hazards (Planning (Land use zoning (Evacuation…
Reducing the impacts of hazards
Planning
Meeting points
Who to call
Someone away from hazard
Land use zoning
Evacuation centres
Liquefaction
Identify areas which need securing
Essentials stocked
Fire extinguisher
Water
Secure furniture
Education
TV adverts
Drills
Protecting
Insurance (home and business)
Bolt to foundations
Designed buildings
Mitigation
Fire resistant materials
Latticework foundations
Rubber shock-absorbers between
foundations and superstructure
Rolling weights on roof to
counteract shock waves
Predicting
Forecasting where earthquakes are likely to
occur over a long period of time
Difficult for scientists to study tectonics
Rising levels of radon
Charged particles in air
There are no reliable and repeatable
indicators for earthquakes