Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction.pptx

For G12

1. Potential Earthquake Hazards Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction

2. Objectives: Identify various potential earthquake hazards Recognize the natural signs of impending tsunami and; Analyze the effects of the different earthquake hazards.

3. Let’s have a rhetorical! What is an earthquake? What is a Tsunami? What risk reduction related actions will you do in times of this disasters? How can you increase your survivability once this occurs?

4. Discovery time! Luzon Earthquake. July 16, 1990. Intensity 7. Killed 1,666. P11B in Property. P1.2 in Agriculture.

5. Discovery timE ! The two major tectonic plates; Pacific and Eurasian Plates The Philippines occupies the western rim of the pacific ring of fire .

6. How earthquake vibrations occurs?

7. Additional information More than 300 volcanoes. 23 is considered active (with recorded eruption or latest eruption <10000 years. 26 potential active. 78 inactive.

8. Potential earthquake hazards! Ground Shaking. Ground Rapture. Liquefaction. Earthquake Induce-Landslide. Tsunami and Seiches.

9. How is tsunami generated?

10. Additional knowledge! 9 th July 1958 in the coast of Alaska, wave reached the height of 524 meters. Tsunamis that generated from lakes and bays are not dangerous as the one came from the ocean waters. Tsunamis are mainly in the Pacific Ocean.

11. Tsunami effect in India December 2004

12. Natural signs of an impending tsunami Severe ground shaking. Water recede from the coast. Abnormal ocean activity, e.g. Water Wall and Roaring sound.

13. Lemon squishy quiz! For number 1-5. List down the five potential earthquake hazards in no particular order. For number 6-8. List down the three natural signs of impending tsunami. 9. The earthquake that unalive 1,666 individuals. 10. What year does the India Tsunami occurred?

14. Easy Activity! Create a short essay about the devastating effect of earthquake.

15. Merci a tous !