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2. Earthquake preparedness - Wikipedia

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   Preparedness starts with an individual's everyday life and involves items and training that would be useful in an earthquake. Preparedness continues on a continuum from individual preparedness through family preparedness, community preparedness [5] and then business, non-profit and governmental preparedness. Some organisations blend these ...

3. What to do in a disaster: Everything you need to know if a ...

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   Organized by the Oregon Department of Emergency Management, the drill promotes earthquake preparedness. At the designated time, participants "drop, cover, and hold on" for at least one minute.

4. What you need to know about earthquake preparedness - AOL

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   Fourth graders Rachel Nelson, right, and Elliot Kelley-Petersen begin to unfurl themselves from under their desks after practicing their drop, cover and hold-on skills during an annual earthquake ...

5. Safety drill - Wikipedia

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   School Safety Preparedness Drill (SSPD) is an annual earthquake preparedness drill being organised in schools of North and North Eastern states of India commemorating 4 April 1905 Kangra earthquake. Two non-governmental organisations, GeoHazards Society (GHS) and GeoHazards International (GHI), have been working for earthquake safety in South ...

6. Seismic risk - Wikipedia

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   Seismic risk or earthquake risk is the potential impact on the built environment and on people's well-being due to future earthquakes. [1] Seismic risk has been defined, for most management purposes, as the potential economic, social and environmental consequences of hazardous events that may occur in a specified period of time.

7. Earthquake Preparedness: Are You Ready? - AOL

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   As the 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Virginia on Tuesday demonstrated, natural disasters are not the sole purview of West Coast homeowners and traveling expats. With reports of tremors felt as far ...

8. GeoHazards International - Wikipedia

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   Founded in 1991, GHI is the first non-profit, nongovernmental organization dedicated to mitigating earthquake, tsunami, and landslide risks in the world's poorest and most at-risk regions. Its solutions emphasize preparedness, mitigation, and building local capacity in order to manage risk. [1]

9. Rare 4.8 earthquake offers ‘teachable moments’ for preparing ...

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   A magnitude 4.8 earthquake shook the East Coast shortly after 10:20 a.m. Friday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. (USGS)