Many earthquake survivors had to be transported to Rome for surgery and/or treatment due to shortage of resources in the L’Aquila area. Earthqakes are dynamic laboratories for learning and catalysts for building capacity for disaster-intelligent & disaster-resilient communites. Presentation courtesy of Dr. Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction

2. LESSONS FROM PAST
NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES

3. PAST NOTABLE
EARTHQUAKES
L’AQUILA, ITALY
APRIL 6, 2009

4. EARTHQAKES ARE DYNAMIC
LABORATORIES FOR
LEARNING AND CATALYSTS
FOR BUILDING CAPACITY
FOR DISASTER-INTELLIGENT
& DISASTER-RESILIENT
COMMUNITES

5. THE L’AQUILA, ITALY AREA
WAS DEVASTATED BY A
MODERATE EARTHQUAKE
M6.3
3:30 AM
APRIL 6, 2009

6. OCCURRENCE

7. LOCATION

10. L'AQUILA (A TOWN OF 70,000) AND
26 VILLAGES DEVASTATED

11. INADEQUATE RESISTANCE TO
HORIZONTAL GROUND
SHAKING
EARTHQUAKES
SOIL AMPLIFICATION
PERMANENT DISPLACEMENT
(SURFACE FAULTING &
GROUND FAILURE)
IRREGULARITIES IN ELEVATION
AND PLAN
FIRE FOLLOWING RUPTURE OF
UTILITIES
LACK OF DETAILING AND
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
INATTENTION TO NON-
STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS
CAUSES
OF
DAMAG
E
“DISASTER
LABORATORI
ES”

12. LESSONS LEARNED FOR
DISASTER RESILIENCE
 ALL NOTABLE
EARTHQUAKES
 PREPAREDNESS
PLANNING FOR
THE INEVITABLE
GROUND SHAKING
IS ESSENTIAL
FOR COMMUNITY
RESILIENCE.

13. LESSONS LEARNED FOR
DISASTER RESILIENCE
 ALL NOTABLE
EARTHQUAKES
 PROTECTION OF
BUILDINGS AND
INFRASTRUCTURE
IS ESSENTIAL
FOR COMMUNITY
RESILIENCE.

14. IMPACTS
BUILDINGS

15. SANTA MARIA PAGANICA CHURCH

18. A COLLAPSED SCHOOL: A
PROTECTION NIGHTMARE
 COLLAPSE OF A
SCHOOL, A “SAFE
HAVEN,” WITH THE
LOSS OF YOUNG
LIVES, CAN
PARALYZE A
COMMUNITY WITH
GRIEF.

19. ONNA: 3 MILES FROM L'AQUILA

20. ONNA

24. LESSONS LEARNED FOR
DISASTER RESILIENCE
 ALL NOTABLE
EARTHQUAKES
 PREPAREDNESS
PLANNING FOR
THE INEVITABLE
GROUND FAILURE
IS ESSENTIAL
FOR COMMUNITY
RESILIENCE.

25. L'AQUILA: SITE EFFECTS FROM
LOCATION IN OLD LAKE BED

29. LESSONS LEARNED FOR
DISASTER RESILIENCE
 ALL NOTABLE
EARTHQUAKES
 CAPACITY FOR
EMERGENCY
RESPONSE IS
ESSENTIAL FOR
COMMUNITY
RESILIENCE.

30. SEARCH AND RESCUE

31. SEARCH AND RESCUE

32. SEARCH AND RESCUE

34. EVACUEE ASLEEP IN CAR

35. EVACUATION CENTER: UNIVERSITY
SPORTS CENTER

36. EVACUEES: A STADIUM

37. EVACUEES HOUSED IN STADIUM

38. LESSONS LEARNED FOR
DISASTER RESILIENCE
 ALL NOTABLE
EARTHQUAKES
 CAPACITY FOR
RECOVERY AND
RECONSTRUCTION
IS ESSENTIAL FOR
COMMUNITY
RESILIENCE.

39.  VULNERABLE UNREINFORCED
MASONRY BUILDINGS DAMAGED
 UNIVERSITY DORM COLLAPSES
 VULNERABLE
INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGED

40.  AT LEAST TWO HUNDRED DEAD
AND TWO THOUSAND INJURED
 TENS OF THOUSANDS LEFT
HOMELESS

41.  Many earthquake survivors
had to be transported to
Rome for surgery and/or
treatment due to shortage of
resources in the L’Aquila
area