EOSC 114 Lecture Notes - Earthquake Insurance, Seismic Wave, Epicenter
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Hospitals, schools, power plants, communication systems, and police and fire stations should be placed in areas tested by microzonation. Earthquakes don"t kill people, buildings kill people. Building codes with seismic provisions should be enforced by govs. Distribution of pamphlets and videos to the public, instruction on earthquakes in secondary schools, evacuation plans in elementary schools/secondary/home/work, workshops and training sessions for engineers, architects, geologists, and community planners, and provision of info on the internet. Canada does not offer any form of earthquake insurance, and even if it did, damage would be too great to insure everyone. Would likely step in with relief funds in the event of a catastrophic earthquake. Estimated indirectly since we can never monitor the focus. Use seismic wave amplitude and distance to focus (richter. Figure out the energy released by the earthquake (any technique), and then convert that energy estimate to a magnitude (moment. Amplitude of large squiggle and s-p lag time give distance (used to.
