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East meets Midwest: An earthquake in India helps hazard assessment in the Central United States
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- The Bhuj earthquake, which occurred on 26 January 2001 in the State of Gujarat, India, is described and parallels drawn with earthquakes in the New Madrid seismic zone, Mississippi Valley, USA. Both are ancient failed-rift zones and are intraplate settings located far from plate boundaries. This fact sheet (FS-007-02, March 2002), which includes maps and photographs, has been produced by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) following visits of US scientists to Gujarat to learn lessons that they could then apply in the USA.
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- United States Geological Survey (USGS)
- http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-0007-02/fs-0007-02.pdf
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Natural disaster risk management in the Philippines: reducing vulnerability: follow-on study
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- This study provides an overview of natural disasters and the capacity of disaster management in the Philippines. It specifically considers floods, sediment and typhoon disasters, earthquake disasters and volcanic disasters. It builds upon an earlier study with the aim of providing guidance on improving disaster management and assisting in achieving the development goals in the Philippines. This document is report no.38063 from The World Bank, published in 2005.
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/8754
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