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Earthquake Hazard, Risk and Disasters (Hardcover)
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Earthquake Hazard, Risk and Disasters (Hardcover)
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The recent mega earthquakes of richter scale 9 and above, of 2010
and 2004 (Sumatra-Andaman) in Indian ocean plate or the 2011 Tohoku
earthquake and tsunami, have killed hundreds of thousands and have
given a new terminology to the study of earthquakes. Before these,
the mankind had only known great earthquakes of magnitude 8 +,
giving the superlative mega earthquake expression. The importance
is of not only of the understanding of risks of ruptures along the
tectonic plates that these mega and great earthquakes of the 21st
century, but the disaster preparedness role in the view of a
seismic event. This book describes the new and important tools or
methods of earthquake hazard estimations to reduce the risk of
mortality in the event of a mega earthquake in the known fault
lines as well as preparedness for a surprise seismological event in
the plate boundaries not known to have produced mega earthquake
rupturing in the recorded history. The Nepal earth quake of 2015
was merely a magnitude of 7.8-8.1, which killed more than 8000
people, and is a reminder of the terrible disasters that could have
been better managed.
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