DRRR Flashcards
(134 cards)
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It is sudden calamitous occurrence that causes great harm, injury, destruction, and devastation
to life and property
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Disaster
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What are the two elements affected by a disaster ?
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Life and property
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It is often a result of the combination of exposure, conditions of vulnerability, and insufficient measures to cope with
the potential negative consequence
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Disaster
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True or false:
The damaged caused by disaster can be measured
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False
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The combination of the probability of an event and its negative consequence Pacific Ring of
Fire
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Risk
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Risk is also called _______, the zone of earthquakes surrounding the Pacific Ocean
where about ___ of the world’s earthquakes occur.
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Circum-Pacific Belt, 99%
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It implies the probability of possible adverse effects.
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Risk
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It refers to the potential disaster losses in lives, health status, livelihoods, assets, and services
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Disaster risk
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Product of possible damage caused by a hazard due to the vulnerability within a community
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Disaster risk
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What are the three variables that can determine the presence of disaster risk?
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Hazard, Vulnerability and Coping
Capacity
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An event causing great and often sudden damage or distress
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Calamity
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Shaking of the earth caused by waves moving on and below the earth’s surface
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Earthquake
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When lava and gas are discharged from a volcanic vent
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Volcanic eruption
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Type of tropical cyclone, or severe tropical storm
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Typhoon
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A path along the pacific ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent earthquake
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Ring of fire
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What is the reason why the Philippines has experienced an inexhaustible number of deadly typhoons, earthquakes, volcano eruptions, and other natural disasters?
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Because of its location along the Ring of Fire or typhoon belt
17
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What are the three important elements of disaster risk?
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Exposure, hazard, Vulnerability
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Two types of Disaster
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Natural and man-made disaster
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A source or condition that has the potential to cause harm to humans in the form of injury or
illness, property damage, environmental damage, or a combination of these
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Hazard
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Is a harmful condition, substance, human behavior or condition that can cause loss of life,
injury or other health effects, harm to property, loss of livelihood and services, social and
economic disruption or damage to the environment.
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Hazard
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They can be classified as rapid onset disasters and those with progressive onset,
such as droughts that lead to famine.
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Natural disaster
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A natural phenomenon is caused by natural forces
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Natural disaster
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Which of the following is not an example of natural forces?
A. Fires
B. Earthquakes
C. Extreme temperature
D. None of the above
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D. None of the above
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Caused by man are those in which major direct causes are identifiable
intentional or unintentional human actions.
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Man-made disaster
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Unregulated industrialization and inadequate safety
standards increase the risk for industrial disasters
TECHNOLOGICAL / INDUSTRIAL DISASTERS
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The threat of terrorism has also increased due to the spread
of technologies involving nuclear, biological, and chemical
agents.
TERRORISM / VIOLENCE
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The term complex emergency is usually used to describe the humanitarian emergency resulting from an international or
civil war.
COMPLEX HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES
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Elements at risk from a natural or man-made hazard event
Exposure
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is the presence of elements at risk or chance of being harmed from a natural or
man-made hazard event.
Exposure
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Potentially damaging physical event, phenomenon, or human activity that may cause
loss of life or injury, property damage, etc.
Hazard
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Condition determined by physical, social, economic, and environmental factors or
processes.
Vulnerability
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True or false:
A certain community can be
exposed but it does not mean that it is vulnerable.
True
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Processes or conditions, often development-related, that influence the level of disaster risk
by increasing levels of exposure and vulnerability or reducing capacity.
Risk factors
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measures those who experience disaster first-hand has the highest risk of
developing future mental problems, followed by those in contact with the
victims such as rescue workers and health care practitioners and the lowest
risk are the most distant like those who have awareness of the disaster only
through news.
SEVERITY OF EXPOSURE
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The female gender suffers more adverse effects
GENDER AND INEQUALITY
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Adults in the age range ______ are more stressed after disasters but in
general, children exhibit more stress after disasters than adults do
40-60
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Natural disasters tend to have more adverse effects in developing countries
than man-caused disasters in developed countries.
ECONOMIC STATUS OF COUNTRY
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How many factors underlie disasters
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Refers to the changes that can be attributed directly or indirectly to human activity
altering the composition of the global atmosphere and additionally to the natural
climate variability observed over the comparable period.
Climate change
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Deforestation of slopes often leads to an increase in landslides, and hazards and the
removal of mangroves can increase the damage caused by storm surge.
Environmental degradation
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Provides an opportunity to build resilience if effectively managed.
GLOBALIZED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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It results in an increased polarization between the rich and poor on a global scale
GLOBALIZED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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Impoverished people are more likely to live in hazard-exposed areas and are less
likely to invest in risk-reducing measures.
POVERTY AND INEQUALITY
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The lack of access to insurance and social protection means that people in poverty
are often forced to use their already limited assets to buffer disaster losses, which
drives them into further poverty.
POVERTY AND INEQUALITY
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Vulnerability is not simply about poverty, but extensive research over the past ______ has revealed that it is generally the poor who tend to suffer worst from
disasters
30 years
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A new wave of urbanization is unfolding in hazard-exposed countries and with it,
new opportunities for resilient investment emerge
POORLY PLANNED AND MANAGED URBAN DEVELOPMENT
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The growing rate of urbanization and the increase in population density (in cities)
can lead to creation of risk, especially when urbanization is rapid, poorly planned
and occurring in a context of widespread poverty.
POORLY PLANNED AND MANAGED URBAN DEVELOPMENT
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Growing concentrations of people and economic activities in many cities are seen to
overlap with areas of high-risk exposure.
POORLY PLANNED AND MANAGED URBAN DEVELOPMENT
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Public sectors are unable or unwilling to assume their roles and responsibilities in
governing disaster risk units.
WEAK GOVERNANCE
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This reflects how risk is valued against a backdrop of broader social and economic
concerns
WEAK GOVERNANCE
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True or false:
Hazard can only be considered a disaster once it affects humans.
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True or false
Hazards cannot be considered as disasters, if it is happen in an unpopulated area.
False
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Many people need to abandon their homes and seek shelter in other regions.
DISPLACED POPULATIONS
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Unwillingness to assume their roles and responsibilities in governing disaster risk department
Weak governance
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Rising sea levels
Environmental degradation
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Cities located in low-altitude estuaries such as Marikina City, Philippines are exposed to sea-level rise and flooding
POORLY PLANNED AND MANAGED URBAN DEVELOPMENT
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Houses are built with lightweight materials
Poverty and Inequality
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Effects in developing countries
Globalized economic development
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Severe flooding can result in stagnant water that allows the breeding of waterborne
bacteria and malaria-carrying mosquitos.
HEALTH RISKS
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Thousands of people around the world are hungry because of destroyed crops and
loss of agricultural supplies.
FOOD SCARCITY
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Confronted with scenes of destruction and the death of friends and loved ones, many
children develop Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a psychological condition
resulting from extreme trauma.
Emotional aftershocks
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1. Help your community get ready
2. Identify safe places indoors and outdoors
3. Develop an emergency communication plan
4. Educate yourself and family members
5. Have disaster kits/supplies on hand
6. Check for hazards at home
7. Practice the Disaster Preparedness Cycle
What method/ways can be seen above?
Plan ahead for disasters
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Type of perspective which the calamities are phenomena that cause great physical damage in a community's
infrastructure, its people and their properties, e.g. houses and environmental
sources of living.
Physical perspective
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Victims of disasters may suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other
serious mental health conditions, which are not being given much attention to by the
authorities or even by the victims themselves.
Psychological Perspective
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Filipinos are generally known as "matisin", resourceful, helpful, optimistic, and prayerful. Such perspective helps a lot especially those who belong to the marginalized sector to be hopeful and continue fighting against any challenge at
hand.
Socio-cultural perspective
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Disasters affect the economic condition of a community because they reduce local
and international trade.
Economic perspective
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Natural disasters are commonly thought to be less politically argumentative than
armed conflicts, yet a closer look shows that both the effects of a natural disaster
and the resulting distribution of humanitarian aid are profoundly linked to politics.
Political perspective
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The disturbing effects caused by a prevalent kind of disease or virus in an epidemic
or pandemic level is known as biological disaster.
Biological perspective
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The disturbing effects caused by a prevalent kind of disease or virus in an epidemic
or pandemic level is known as biological disaster.
Biological perspective
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Two types of biological perspective
• Epidemic level
• Pandemic level
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According to _______ also known as Philippine Disaster
Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010', vulnerability defined as state of being at risk
Republic Act 10121
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Two factors affecting vulnerability of one's community
• Population density near a hazard event.
• Capacity and efficiency to reduce Disaster Risk.
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Type of vulnerability which includes population density levels, place of a settlement, the site design, and materials used for infrastructure and housing.
PHYSICAL VULNERABILITY
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Happens due to inability of people, organization, and societies to prevent severe
effects from hazards because of the expected b
SOCIAL VULNERABILITY
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The poorer the country, the more vulnerable to disasters because they lack the funds
or budgets to build sturdy structures and put other engineering measures in place
which protect them from being affected by disasters.
LEVEL OF ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY
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Caused by natural resources depletion and destruction
ENVIRONMENTAL VULNERABILITY
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Types of hazard which arise from natural processes in the environment.
Natural hazards
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Types of hazards which arise through the interaction of natural processes and human activities.
Quasi-natural hazards
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Types of hazard which arise directly as a result of human activities.
TECHNOLOGICAL (OR MAN-MADE) HAZARDS
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These signs and symbols are designed to become recognizable to anyone as a signal word
like “danger” or “warning”.
HAZARDS SIGNS AND SYMBOLS
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EDITH
EXIT DRILLS IN THE HOME
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PASS Method
PULL, AIM, SQUEEZE, SWEEP
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SDG method
STOP, DROP, ROLL
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How many minutes do humans have to escape during a home fire?
• 2 minutes
• 2 minutes to 2 minutes 30 seconds
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A way to determine which hazards and risks should prioritized by taking into consideration
the probability and severity of impact
RISK ASSESSMENT
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The process of determining all physical and nonphysical agents in the workplaces of a
specific environment.
HAZARD IDENTIFICATION
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Enumerate the steps of risk assessment
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Refers to the earthquake agents that have the potential to cause harm to a vulnerable
target which can either be humans, animals, or even your environment.
Earthquake hazards
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permanent features an earthquake can bring out
Primary effect
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SEISMIC VIBRATION is a common triggering mechanism for
landslides.
Landslides
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Happen when ground movement results to other types of destruction
Secondary effect
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Huge sea waves triggered by a VIOLENT DISPLACEMENT of
the ocean floor.
Tsunamis
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WAVE’S HEIGHT could be greater than _____. It is also
known as _____.
5 meters, tidal waves
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Earthquake motion can turn loosely packed,
water-saturated soil to liquid
Liquefaction
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______ becomes less compact and ultimately loses
the ability to support roads, buried pipes, and, of course,
houses.
LIQUEFIED SOIL
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Liquefaction is a process caused by ________ which makes soil
more compact.
Water pressure
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Even moderate ground shaking can break gas and electrical
lines, sever fuel lines, and overturn stoves.
Fires
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Is deformation on the ground that marks the intersection of
the fault with the earth’s surface (DOST-PHIVOLCS,n.d.).
Ground rupture
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_______ occur along zones of weakness, such as
preexisting faults or fractures.
Ruptures
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CHARACTERISTICS OF GROUND RUPTURE which DEPENDS ON THE MAGNITUDE of an
earthquake
Length
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The deformation along the length of ground
rupture also largely depends on the TYPE OF
FAULTING.
Width
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True or false
Earthquakes with 7.5 MAGNITUDES and
above will result in a larger rupture
False
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TWO TYPES OF GROUND RUPTURES which occurs when one side of the ground goes up
or down or both sides move with one side
going up and the other going down.
VERTICAL GROUND RUPTURE
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TYPES OF GROUND RUPTURES which Happens when there is lateral movement
from side to side; one side goes to left or right
or both moves sideways in different
directions.
HORIZONTAL GROUND RUPTURE
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is downslope movements of rocks and other debris
commonly triggered by STRONG SHAKING.
EARTHQUAKE-INDUCED LANDSLIDE
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Is the sinking or settling of the ground surface due to
various causes, such as extraction of ground water and
natural gas, mining and earthquakes.
EARTHQUAKE-INDUCED GROUND SUBSIDENCE
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EARTHQUAKE-INDUCED GROUND SUBSIDENCE can cause _______; the structures on the
surface can tilt or collapse due to weakened foundation.
GROUND SUBSIDENCE
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The most familiar effect of earthquake,
Ground shaking
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Ground shaking is produced by passing of _______ beneath the structure that generates sudden slip on the fault.
seismic waves
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Ground shaking is measured in terms of:
1. velocity
2. acceleration
3. frequency
4. duration
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sudden movement of the earth's surface that often follows an earthquake
and is less violent than the first main movement.
Aftershock
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Most severe effect of earthquake
Aftershock
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Enumerate the MOST COMMONLY USED METHODS OF REDUCING EARTHQUAKE RISKS
• EFFECTIVE RECORDING AND INTERPRETATION OF GROUND MOTION
• CONSTRUCTING SEISMIC HAZARD MAPS
• DEVELOPING RESISTANT STRUCTURES
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A fracture in the rocks that make up the earth's crust
Fault
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Surface of the earth directly above the focus
Epicenter
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The point within the earth where an earthquake rupture starts
Focus (Hypocenter)
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Massive rocks that make up the outer layer of the Earth's surface and where movements along faults triggers earthquake
Plates
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Waves that transmit the energy released by an earthquake
Seismic waves
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measures the strength of shaking produced by the earthquake at a certain location.
Intensity
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measures the energy released at the source of the earthquake.
Magnitude
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Magnitude is
determined from measurements on ______.
Seismographs
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Quantitative measure of an earthquake's magnitude (size)
Richter's scale
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COLLECTION OF GO (golang) PACKAGES (libraries) that help you build robust, reliable,
maintainable microservices.
Go bag kit
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Box or bag CONTAINING BASIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT such as bandages and antiseptic
lotion
First aid kit
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DCH methof
Duck, cover, and hold
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Create a family emergency communications plan that has an out-of-state contact. Plan
where to meet if you get separated
EMERGENCY EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS PLAN (EARTHQUAKE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN)
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Enumerate the four phases of EMERGENCY EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS PLAN (EARTHQUAKE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN)
mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.
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Are instruments used to record the motion of the ground during an earthquake
SEISMOGRAPH
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Types of impact which Physical injuries (bone fracture, wounds,bruises)
Physical impact
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Types of impact which Grief and psychological illness are one of the examples
Psychological impact
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Types Of Impact which Displacement of population is one of the example.
Socio-cultural impact
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Types Of Impact which Loss of job due to displacement and Loss of farms, fish cages and other source of food are the examples.
Economic impact
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Types of impact which Loss of forest due to forest fires and Disturbance of biodiversity are the examples
Environmental impact
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Types of impact which epidemic to people, flora and fauna
and chronic and permanent illness caused by biological agents are the examples
Biological impact
