#Earthquake

[reasonsforhope]

Since the 1960s, the world has seen a spike in the number of natural disasters, largely due to rising sea levels and an ever gradually increasing global surface temperature.

The good news? We’re getting better at helping each other when disasters strike.

According to a recent study from Our World In Data, the global toll from natural disasters has dramatically dropped in the last century.

“Low-frequency, high-impact events such as earthquakes and tsunamis are not preventable, but such high losses of human life are,” wrote lead authors Hannah Ritchie and Pablo Rosado.

To conduct their research, Ritchie and Rosado gathered data from all geophysical, meteorological, and climate-related disasters since 1900. That includes earthquakes, volcanic activity, landslides, drought, wildfires, severe storms, and mass floods. 

In the early-to-mid 20th century, the average annual death toll from disasters was very high, often climbing to over a million. 

For example, the study cites that in 1931, 2.7 million people died from the Yangtze–Huai River floods. In 1943, 1.9 million died from the Bangladeshi famine of 1943. Even low-frequency events had extreme death tolls. 

“In recent decades we have seen a substantial decline in deaths,” Ritchie and Rosado observed. “Even in peak years with high-impact events, the death toll has not exceeded 500,000 since the mid-1960s.”

Why has the global death toll from disasters dropped? 

There are a number of factors at play in the improvement of disaster aid, but the leading component is that human beings are getting better at predicting and preparing for natural disasters. 

“We know from historical data that the world has seen a significant reduction in disaster deaths through earlier prediction, more resilient infrastructure, emergency preparedness, and response systems,” Ritchie and Rosado explained in their study. 

On April 6, [2024],a 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked the city of Hualien in Taiwan. Days later, as search and rescue continues, the death toll currently rests at 16. 

Experts have praised Taiwan for their speedy response and recovery, and attributed the low death toll to the measures that Taiwan implemented after an earthquake of similar strength hit the city 25 years earlier. Sadly, on that day in 1999, 2,400 people died and 11,000 were injured. 

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Wang Yu — assistant professor at National Taiwan University — said that event, known as the Chi-Chi earthquake, revolutionized the way Taiwan approached natural disasters. 

“There were lots of lessons we learned, including the improvement of building codes, understanding earthquake warning signs, the development and implementation of earthquake early warning (EEW) systems and earthquake education,” said Wang. 

Those same sensors and monitoring systems allowed authorities to create “shakemaps” during Hualien’s latest earthquake, which helped them direct rescue teams to the regions that were hit the hardest. 

This, in conjunction with stronger building codes, regular earthquake drills, and public education campaigns, played a huge role in reducing the number of deaths from the event. 

And Taiwan’s safeguards on April 6 are just one example of recent measures against disasters. Similar models in strengthening prediction, preparedness, and recovery time have been employed around the world when it comes to rescuing victims of floods, wildfires, tornados, and so on. 

What else can we learn from this study?

When concluding the findings from their study, Ritchie and Rosado emphasized the importance of increasing safety measures for everyone.

Currently, there is still a divide between populations with high gross national income and populations living in extreme poverty.

Even low-income countries that infrequently have natural disasters have a much higher death rate  because they are vulnerable to collapse, displacement, and disrepair. 

“Those at low incomes are often the most vulnerable to disaster events; improving living standards, infrastructure, and response systems in these regions will be key to preventing deaths from natural disasters in the coming decades,” surmised Ritchie and Rosado.

“Overall development, poverty alleviation, and knowledge-sharing of how to increase resilience to natural disasters will therefore be key to reducing the toll of disasters in the decades to come."

-via GoodGoodGood, April 11, 2024

#good news #hope #climate change #hope posting #climate news #climate crisis #climate anxiety #climate emergency #natural disasters #disasters #earthquake #wildfire #hurricane #cw death #taiwan #tsunamis #building construction #climate action #climate hope

[meowbrown]

地震 (じしん) related words

April has been full of earthquakes in Taiwan.

In the past two days there's been so many earthquakes 🥺 I wanted to talk to my teacher about it, so here's the list of words I've collected.

Related pronunciations

地震 - earthquake

自信 - self-confidence

自身 - self

Related words

震度 (しんど) - seismic intensity 震度5強 (きょう) の地震があった。 There was an earthquake with a seismic intensity of strong 5.

余震 (よしん) - aftershock 大きな地震の後に何度も余震が続いた (つずいた)。 After the big earthquake, there were many aftershocks.

断層 (だんそう) - fault (geology) その地域 (ちいき) は複数 (ふくすう) の断層が存在 (そんざい) している。 There are multiple faults in that area.

震源地 (しんげんち) - epicenter 震源地は市 (し) の中心部 (ちゅうしんぶ) 近くにあった。

マグニチュード - magnitude その地震のマグニチュードは7.2だった。 The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.2.

地震計 (じしんけい) - seismometer 地震計が大きな揺れを検知 (けんち) した。 The seismometer detected strong shaking.

揺れ (ゆれ) - shake 地震の揺れがとても強かった。 The shaking from the earthquake was very strong.

Difference between マグニチュード and 震度

マグニチュード: total amount of energy released by the earthquake at its source 震度: how big you felt it in your local area

#studyblr #langblr #japanese langblr #日本語 #japanese #meow #meowbrown #地震 #earthquake

[worldhistoryfacts]

The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 was truly devastating. First the quake leveled buildings, then a series of fires burned much of what was left. Here are some photos of the destruction:

{Buy me a coffee} {WHF} {Medium} {Looking Through the Past}

Much more on the city before, during, and after the quake here:

#history #san francisco #california #earthquake #photography #black and white

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

#percy jackson #solar eclipse #earthquake #new york #twitter #meme #memes #tweets #tweet #funny #lol #humor

[moonlayl]

The Death Toll of the Earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria may have reached 20,000 people, and that’s outside of all those who are injured and lost.

If you could donate PLEASE do!!!

Here’s a post full of charities you could donate to, but I’ll add my own trustworthy ones here:

Islamic Relief:  teams are on the ground right now providing emergency food assistance, shelter, medical supplies to hospitals and clinics, as well as blankets and tents for those made homeless by the quake in Turkey and Syria

Molham: The team at Molham are currently on the ground helping displaced families in Turkey and Syria who have been affected by the earthquake   

The White Helmets: The team are on the ground in Northwest Syria searching for survivors and removing the dead from the rubble.

MSF: remaining in close contact with the local authorities in northwestern Syria and with the authorities in Turkey to extend their support where it’s needed. They’re providing essential life kits to displaced people in the region

please PLEASE reblog. Syria and Turkiye need our help!!!

#signal boost #turkiye #turkey #syria #earthquake #earthquake 2023 #turkey earthquake #syria earthquake #current events #natural disasters #important #charity #donations

[animentality]

#twitter #earthquake

[linusbenjamin]

PLEASE do not donate to kızılay.org because they are literally frauds and they don't use the donations for victims and they pocket the money! instead donate to https://ahbap.org/bagisci-ol

their swift code for payment from abroad: “ISBKTRIS”

p.s. i know kızılay is a government agency but our government officials are frauds and ahbap.org is a charity of haluk levent, a turkish singer and philanthropist and every turkish people knows that he's a good person.

#earthquake #turkey #txt

[pazzesco]

Gound cracking and bubbling during the 7.6 magnitude earthquake in Japan

#earthquake #japan #gound cracking #video short #video

[sixpenceee]

Earthquake under the sea | source

#earthquake

[lizablackthorn]

by looking at this photos you can see how much affected southern Turkey because of earthquake

I lost some of my loved ones. And there’s so many more people need your help. The weather conditions are extremely bad. Some people cannot being rescued,some people don’t have any food,water,clothes,a place to stay and much more. And most of them can’t even get help. It’s like the apocalypse. So much worse than you see on the social media. And my people need your help. Here’s some of the things you can do

Please share this as much as you can to raise awareness,make the world aware of the crisis and inform people.

If you would like to get more information about donations and the earthquake please contact me thorough dm’s. No matter where are you from. Thank you❤️🙏🏻🇹🇷

#turkey #earthquake #türkiye #türkiye deprem #donate if you can #deprem #turkey earthquake

[thescooponsof]

For my east coast girlies

#nyc #i survived #lmfao #east coast #earfquake #earthquake #new york

[geopsych]

We just had 3 days of rain, a lot of it, sometimes with thunderstorms and ending in little white ice balls falling. Today we had an earthquake (which somehow I didn't feel even though it was pretty close to me). 3 days from now there will be a solar eclipse although not total here. And last night there was some kind of planetary alignment. If this were a fantasy story I would say they were being heavy-handed.

#pennsylvania #earthquake #april 2024 #strange omens #not that i believe in omens #but #everything’s perfectly normal here in perfectly normal land #and Mercury is in retrograde if that counts

[caramelcuppaccino]

hey everyone. turkey has been struck by a very strong earthquake around four am. even now, many regions are being struck still. the weather is cold and snowy and people had to leave their homes. many people have lost their lives (edit: it’s been reported that the number is 1004 now (edit: more than 1500) (edit: more than 2000) (edit: more than 3000) (edit: 5434) (edit: more than 12.000 peope have lost their lives) (edit: more than 34.000 people have lost their lives) (edit: more than 40.000 people have lost their lives) (edit: more than 9000 injured people) (edit: 22.000 injured people) (edit: 31.777) (edit: more than 62.000 people are injured) and there are many people who are stuck under the wrecks (edit: number unkown) it has been reported that around two thousand buildings have collapsed and keep collapsing (edit: more than 9000) turkey has declared a fourth level alert state. the ‘’level 4’’ alarm condition includes an international call for help. if you can and would like to, this is the most reliable organization you can donate to:

(ps: akad and red crescent are not trusted by turkish locals. especially afad because they are lying about the help they send and the number of people. please refrain from donating to them. AHBAP is the most trustworthy organization that sends help immediately).

((please do not hesitate to contact me if you need help with the website/language while donating))

(((1€ and 1$ almost equal to 20 turkish lira. so even a little amounts means a lot to us.)))

((((it has been reported that around 194.000 people are under the wrecks and still waiting to be rescued))))

(((((people are sharing notices of victims who are still under the wrecks and waiting to be rescued on twitter ever since the earthquake and turkish government officially announced that they are banning twitter. this is the reason why we don’t want you to donate to afad and red crescent; they only listen to the government. they don’t care about the people.)))))

HOW TO DONATE:

HOW TO AND WHERE TO DONATE

FOR UK:

ANOTHER FUND FOR SYRIA AND TURKEY:

HOW TO DONATE:

#turkey #earthquake #tw earthquake #tw death #help turkey #turkey earthquake #Instagram

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

#solar eclipse #eclipse #earthquake #twitter #meme #memes #tweets #tweet #funny #lol #humor

[faeriekit]

Not going to lie: when the whole building started shaking and only got worse and worse and no one knew why, my first thought was "ah, they finally bombed New York" 💀

#guess what state just had an earthquake! #eventually a patron was like 'ITS AN EARTHQUAKE' which was more likely he wasn't from NJ #faer nonsense #earthquake

[beccaplaying]

#nyc #earthquake #nyers