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Earthquake
Shaking, trembling or displacement of the earth surface due to seismic waves or other phenomena of volcanic or tectonic origin.source: CRED
Swiss Re announces provisional losses from Chilean earthquake and European storm
10 Mar 2010, Swiss Re
According to Swiss Re, in Chile, it is common practice for owners of mortgaged residential property, commercial and industrial property to buy earthquake insurance from local and global private insurance companies. When claims are made this can facilitate swift economic recovery from disasters...
- Western Washington University Haiti earthquake presentation17 Mar 2010, United States of America (Bellingham, WA 98225)
- La prise en charge des risques naturels par les sciences humaines et sociales (in French)18-22 Mar 2010, Algeria (Bab Ezzouar)
- Partners in emergency preparedness06-07 Apr 2010, United States of America (Washington, DC)
- Assessment and management of geological riskUNIGE
- Disaster risk management: the case of earthquakesUNIGE, Switzerland (Geneva)
- Earthquake disasters: from rapid response toward mitigationUNIGE, Switzerland (Geneva)
- Letīs prepare with Herman: learning together about natural disasters2009, Caritas Romania
- Earthquake songCRS
- Disaster preparedness tips: a guide book for personal safety in the field with special reference to Indonesia2009, Canadian Red Cross
From ISDR System and other DRR actors
- Rebuilding the social, cultural and intellectual fabric of Haiti: concept note2010, UNESCO
- Reduction of earthquake losses in the extended Mediterranean region (RELEMR): seismicity and earthquake engineering in the extended Mediterranean region2010, UNESCO
- Canadians at risk: our exposure to natural hazards2010, ICLR
- Distribution of mortality risk associated with earthquakesMay 2009, UNISDR
- Estimated risk index for multiple hazards in AsiaMay 2009, OCHA-ROAP
- Asia and the Pacific: seismic hazard mapJan 2008, ECHO; UNISDR - AP; OCHA
Human Exposure - Absolute exposure to earthquake
| Countries | People exposed per year
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| 1 | Japan | 13,404,870 |     |
| 2 | Philippines | 12,182,454 | |
| 3 | Indonesia | 11,056,806 | |
| 4 | China | 8,139,068 | |
| 5 | Taiwan, prov. of China | 6,625,479 | |
Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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Number of earthquake occured (reported)
| Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database |
- Finance and administration expertHaiti (Port-au-Prince), Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe
- Advisor, emergency preparedness and response
- Country representative - HaitiHaiti (Haiti), ARC
External Online Resources on Earthquake
- Con los pies en la tierra: a DPAE educational resource on earthquake in Bogotá (in Spanish)
- Confined Masonry Network
- Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative (EMI) resources
- Education for hazards
- Humanitarian early warning system (HEWS): HEWSweb
- Institute for Business and Home Safety: disaster safety portal
- International Charter: Space and major disaster activation maps
- inTERRAgate
- Knowledge sharing on disaster risk reduction
- Le Plan Séisme (in French)
- Martinique: risques et nuisances (in French)
- Natural disaster awareness tool catalogue
- OIKOS: interactive game and information on hazard impact, mechanism, mitigation and simulation (in many languages)
- SATCA: Early warning system for Central America
- Sharing knowledge on disaster preparedness in the Himalayan region
- websismo
- World Housing Encyclopedia (WHE)
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