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On Earthquakes
Preparedness in Israel
Dr. Avi Shapira
Chairman of the Steering Committee
National Steering Committee for Earthquake
Preparedness (Israel)
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The Dead Sea Fault System
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Meghraoui et al., 2003
The fault
14 m
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746
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1202
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746 , Sussitta
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2 m
N
Marco et al. 1997
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1927 Jericho
Nablus
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Gulf of Aqaba/Eilat , 22 November 1995, Mw=7.2
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Earthquake Epicenters
located by the Israeli Seismic
Network (1980-2005)
Ministry of National Infrastructures
Inter-ministerial Steering Committee for
Earthquake Preparedness
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EARTHQUAKES DO NOT KILL, BUILDINGS DO !
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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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o35
o32
TEL-AVIV
200000
650000
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•Instructions for land use planning
(identification of seismic &
geological hazards).
•Regulating Risk Management
programs in the industry.
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(Israel)
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STRENGTHENING EXISTING
BUILDINGS
•New technologies.
•Government buildings.
•National Plan for private dwellings.
National Steering Committee for Earthquake Preparedness
(Israel)
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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
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(Israel)
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If we do not prepare for
earthquakes …..
we have to prepare for a
disaster!
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(Israel)
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Life saving:
•Civil Search and Rescue teams
•Immediate damage assessments.
(Real Time Earthquake Scenario)
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(Israel)
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Awareness
What to do before, during
and after.
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(Israel)
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The prime responders to
an Earthquake catastrophe
are the Local Authority
and the Local Population
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(Israel)
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THANK YOU !
Jerusalem, July 11, 1927