Eleven Best and Most Effective Earthquake Survival Strategies
After the devastating earthquake rocked the island of Haiti on January 12, 2010, the world got a glimpse at some of the ravages that an earthquake brings. It took the lives of over 200,000 people; left couple a thousand maimed due to amputations of their crushed limbs; it displaced 2½ million, leaving them to live in make shift camps, scrambling for food, water, and medical care, and it has also left countless thousands of children orphaned and desperately in the need of adult care and protection.
But what can we learn from all of this?
It shows us that “time and unforeseen occurrences” do affect people. It has also shown us that an earthquake, which is one of these “unforeseen occurrences”, can DESTROY, and, the destruction comes swiftly and suddenly.
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After the devastating earthquake rocked the island of Haiti on January 12, 2010, the world got a glimpse at some of the ravages that an earthquake brings. It took the lives of over 200,000 people; left a couple thousand maimed due to amputations of their crushed limbs; it has also displaced 2½ million people, leaving them to live in make shift camps, scrambling for food, water, and medical care, and it has also left countless thousands of children orphaned and desperately in the need of adult care and protection.
But what can we learn from all of this?
It shows us that “time and unforeseen occurrences” do affect people. It also shows us that an earthquake, which is one of these “unforeseen occurrences”, can DESTROY, and, the destruction comes swiftly and suddenly.
Since an earthquake strikes suddenly, and indiscriminately, shouldn’t everyone take the time to make some advance preparation for it? Ask yourself “what would I do if an earthquake was to strike where I live?” “How would I escape?”
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If you live in an earthquake zone, (the places marked with the red circles in the image, the San Andreas Fault, Lima, Peru; Tokyo, Japan; Enriquillo Plantain Garden Fault Systems to name just a few) there is even greater reason to plan ahead. The meteorologist’s and other experts believe that the high death toll is due mainly to the victim’s ignorance, for only a few people know what to do in an earthquake. Take for example, The Tokyo’s earthquake of 1923: It destroyed sixty six percent of that city and turned the whole of Yokohama into ashes because no-one was prepared. The record also shows that this earthquake struck at noon when many housewives were preparing lunchtime meals. The impact ruptured the active gas-lines and off-set an inferno. If more families were prepared with an adequate fire extinguisher, they could have used it and mitigated some of the bad effects of the fire damages.
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Mr Ghaz | Feb 24, 2010 | Reply
wow! Your article was great and well presented, monica. Excellent writing.
CHAN LEE PENG | Feb 24, 2010 | Reply
These are very good tips indeed.
Eunice Tan | Feb 24, 2010 | Reply
Very good article Monica. Like it very much.
Eunice Tan | Feb 24, 2010 | Reply
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sahista1 | Feb 24, 2010 | Reply
wow
swatilohani | Feb 25, 2010 | Reply
excellent share friend
Uma Shankari | Feb 25, 2010 | Reply
Excellent. Disaster preparedness and disaster management. That’s what they call it. In our country, sometimes monsoon hits very hard and submerges whole villages. Orissa is one such state bordering the Bay of Bengal where flash floods are a constant occurrence. UN has set up many interventions here that teaches disaster preparedness to villagers and many mock drills are held too.
Kate Smedley | Feb 25, 2010 | Reply
I’m so grateful we are relatively safe here in England, apart from occasional tremors. I cannot comprehend what it must be like. A very good article Monica….
diamondpoet | Feb 25, 2010 | Reply
Excellent survival information, but no matter how prepared you are no one can actully forsee the future. Thanks for sharing.
Jenny Heart | Feb 25, 2010 | Reply
Excellent much needed valuable advice!
qasimdharamsy | Feb 25, 2010 | Reply
Excellent piece…nice share…
Melody SJAL | Feb 25, 2010 | Reply
Excellent info here, Monica, thanks.
Sourav | Feb 25, 2010 | Reply
Very informative and well written article!
monica55 | Feb 25, 2010 | Reply
Thank you for your kind comments my friends. I really enjoy reading them. Have a wonderful day.
Monica.
ganeshgolha | Feb 25, 2010 | Reply
Good work
giftarist | Feb 25, 2010 | Reply
A very good post. Well written and very informative article. Thank you kabayan!
deep blue | Feb 25, 2010 | Reply
A well researched post which should be an indispensable survival option for us in an eventuality. Well done, Monica.
nobert soloria bermosa | Feb 25, 2010 | Reply
living in an area called ‘earthquake belt’, your article is indeed of great importance
papaleng | Feb 26, 2010 | Reply
very interesting article , well-researched and great survival tips during earthquakes. Thanks Monica for sharing.
Hazel Crowther | Feb 26, 2010 | Reply
Well done. I wonder how many lives you will save by people reading this?
Mark Gordon Brown | Feb 26, 2010 | Reply
Good info for those in earthquake prone areas or those travelling to one.
Dothlyn McFarlane | Feb 26, 2010 | Reply
Monica, your article was very well presented and I find it to be very useful. I will memorize these tips in the event the worse should happen. Thanks for Sharing
miraj | Feb 27, 2010 | Reply
great article,well researched, with a noble intention.
chitragopi | Feb 27, 2010 | Reply
Very good tips. Well thought over. Always better to be prepared. Tks for an informative article
Ranveer Singh Battu | Feb 28, 2010 | Reply
very informative! good job
Remmyramesh | Mar 1, 2010 | Reply
Extremely useful Monica!! The recent Chile earthquake emphasizes the need of such an elaborate article!! Well done!!
Wiggles18 | Mar 1, 2010 | Reply
Those are great ideas. However, I disagree about the last one. It is safer to be out in the open away from falling buildings.
monica55 | Mar 1, 2010 | Reply
Wiggles18: While being in the open is safer than being inside due to the danger of getting buried in the rubble; it is also dangerous to rush wildly outside. So plan a precautionary escape route wherein everyone can get out of the house safely.
Monica.
athena goodlight | Mar 2, 2010 | Reply
As deepblue said, this is truly indispensable information. It pays to at least be ready in any way we can.
Vikram Chhabra | Mar 2, 2010 | Reply
Very meaningful article. I have lived through a few major tremors and know how horrifying it can be…Very apt and succinct!
youngn | Mar 2, 2010 | Reply
Great article very informative.
monica55 | Mar 2, 2010 | Reply
Thank you friends for your kind support on this article. And here is a new piece of statistical data. The Chilean earthquake that occurred on February 28th, 2010; measured 8.8 on the Richter\’s scale; the Haitian was 8.0: So the seismic pull for Chile was greater in magnitude than that of the Haitian\’s. But the death toll in Chile was a little over 70, 000, while the toll in Haiti was over 200,000.
What\’s the reason for the LOWER fatality rate in Chile when the earthquake was of a GREATER MAGNITUDE?
The experts believe that ADVANCE PREPARATION was a key factor. Most of the Chilean houses were built with disaster resistant materials, and they were better equipped with the proper and adequate amount of columns and steel frames to withstand the pressures of an earthquake.
So then we should never underestimate the powerful protection that advance preparation offers.
Monica Sappleton.
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Ghassane JAMMAL | Mar 3, 2010 | Reply
very informative article, thank you for sharing Monica
tara brown | Mar 3, 2010 | Reply
well done monica thank you
swatilohani | Mar 4, 2010 | Reply
so arresting friend
kalisha | Mar 4, 2010 | Reply
very informative
gianne | Mar 6, 2010 | Reply
I was in Las Vegas probably 10 years ago and there was an Earthquake that lasted for a few minutes and had the chips bouncing off the gambling tables and people racing out of hotels!
I was at Treasure Island and the entire building was swaying. It was very scary.
What people forget sometimes, is that in addition to the actual quake, there is also the panic and the chaos that makes it especially scary. It’s hard to keep your head in situations where everyone is afraid.
Good article with some really useful tips. Knowing ahead of time what to do makes all the difference!
revivor | Mar 6, 2010 | Reply
the map of china was very useful
disaster preparedness | Mar 22, 2010 | Reply
Awesome Posting. wonderful tips to be prepare for emergency or disaster
ShadowPsychos | May 2, 2010 | Reply
great article
Vaidehi | Jun 10, 2010 | Reply
well done monica
suberb very useful artical
it helped me very much in my project
keep writting like this
C LEBLANC | Jul 12, 2010 | Reply
This was a very good Article. I learned alot from it.
CA Johnson | Sep 23, 2010 | Reply
This is great advice. There haven’t been any earthquakes here in New Jersey, but I do have relatives that live in California and there are earthquakes there.
TS Orion | Jun 14, 2011 | Reply
This is a very useful piece. This should reach a lot of readers so that more people can be safe.
PHILLY DREAMER | Dec 12, 2011 | Reply
iN THE UNLIKELY EVENT THAT WE GET ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE. IT’S NICE TO KNOW ILL BE PREPARED