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On Earthquakes
Preparedness in Israel
Dr. Avi Shapira
Chairman of the Steering Committee
National Steering Committee for Earthquake
Preparedness (Israel)
The Dead Sea Fault System
Meghraoui et al., 2003
The fault
14 m
1837 1759
746
1927
1068
1202
363
746 , Sussitta
2 m
N
Marco et al. 1997
1927 Jericho
Nablus
Gulf of Aqaba/Eilat , 22 November 1995, Mw=7.2
Earthquake Epicenters
located by the Israeli Seismic
Network (1980-2005)
Ministry of National Infrastructures
Inter-ministerial Steering Committee for
Earthquake Preparedness
EARTHQUAKES DO NOT KILL, BUILDINGS DO !
תאוצת הקרקע
המירביתMinistry of National Infrastructures
Inter-ministerial Steering Committee for
Earthquake Preparedness
FOCUS ON
PREVENSION AND
MITIGATION
RATHER THAN ON
RESPONSE
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TEL-AVIV
200000
650000
•Instructions for land use planning
(identification of seismic &
geological hazards).
•Regulating Risk Management
programs in the industry.
National Steering Committee for Earthquake Preparedness
(Israel)
STRENGTHENING EXISTING
BUILDINGS
•New technologies.
•Government buildings.
•National Plan for private dwellings.
National Steering Committee for Earthquake Preparedness
(Israel)
P 6-8 km/sec S 3-4 km/sec
Warning
time
Dangerous
shaking
Propagation
time of P
waves
TIME
No Prediction but
Possible real time
warning
National Steering Committee for Earthquake Preparedness
(Israel)
If we do not prepare for
earthquakes …..
we have to prepare for a
disaster!
National Steering Committee for Earthquake Preparedness
(Israel)
Life saving:
•Civil Search and Rescue teams
•Immediate damage assessments.
(Real Time Earthquake Scenario)
National Steering Committee for Earthquake Preparedness
(Israel)
Awareness
What to do before, during
and after.
National Steering Committee for Earthquake Preparedness
(Israel)
The prime responders to
an Earthquake catastrophe
are the Local Authority
and the Local Population
National Steering Committee for Earthquake Preparedness
(Israel)
THANK YOU !
Jerusalem, July 11, 1927
