earthquake risk
31Diablo Canyon earthquake vulnerability — Diablo Canyon (Nuclear) Power Plant, located on the water s edge in San Luis Obispo County California, was originally designed to withstand a 6.75 magnitude earthquake from four faults, including the nearby San Andreas and Hosgri faults,[1] but… …
32Nepal Risk Reduction Consortium — (NRRC) was launched by the Government of Nepal (GoN) and a group of international organizations working to promote the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) in 2009. It exists to bridge the spectrum of development and… …
332008 Sichuan earthquake — 2008 Earthquake 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake …
342010 Canterbury earthquake — For the severe aftershock of 22 February 2011, see 2011 Christchurch earthquake. 2010 Canterbury earthquake …
352011 Burma earthquake — 2011 Burma earthquake …
362010 Chile earthquake — For other earthquakes in and about Chile during 2010, see List of earthquakes in Chile occurring in 2010. 2010 Chile earthquake …
37Seismic risk — uses the results of a seismic hazard analysis, and includes both consequence and probability. A building located in a region of high seismic hazard is at lower risk if it is built to sound seismic engineering principles. On the other hand, a… …
38Urban seismic risk — is a subset of the general term seismic risk which describes the problems specific to centers of population when they are subjected to earthquakes. Many risks can be minimised with good earthquake construction, and seismic analysis. One of the… …
392011 Virginia earthquake — Shake map …
40Disaster risk reduction — (DRR) is a systematic approach to identifying, assessing and reducing the risks of disaster. It aims to reduce socio economic vulnerabilities to disaster as well as dealing with the environmental and other hazards that trigger them: here it has… …
