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Google leverages the massive scale of Android to do phone-based earthquake tracking.arstechnica.com
The cause of earthquake deaths is then corruption, discrimination, apathy, other priorities, inequity, and lack of caring. That is, the cause of earthquake deaths is not the earthquake. To answer the question at the beginning, in modern times, effectively zero people have earthquakes as their cause of death.#earthquake #pschology
Earthquakes don't kill people, but collapsing infrastructure does.www.psychologytoday.com
#animal #earthquakeDo Animals Really Anticipate Earthquakes? Sensors Hint They Do - Scientific American
Despite freezing temperatures, scores of snakes slithered out of their hibernation dens in the weeks before a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the Chinese city of Haicheng on February 4, 1975. The reptiles’ behavior, along with other incidents, helped persuade authorities to evacuate the city hours before the massive quake.
For centuries, people have described unusual animal behavior just ahead of seismic events: dogs barking incessantly, cows halting their milk, toads leaping from ponds. A few researchers have tried to substantiate a link. In a 2013 study, Germany scientists videotaped red wood ants that nested along a fault line and found they changed their usual routine before a quake, becoming more active at night and less active during the day. But most such attempts have relied largely on anecdotal evidence and single observations, according to a 2018 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America review that examined 180 previous studies.Do Animals Really Anticipate Earthquakes? Sensors Hint They Do
Cows, sheep and dogs increased their activity before tremors, seemingly reacting, in part, to one anotherwww.scientificamerican.com
Despite freezing temperatures, scores of snakes slithered out of their hibernation dens in the weeks before a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the Chinese city of Haicheng on February 4, 1975. The reptiles’ behavior, along with other incidents, helped persuade authorities to evacuate the city hours before the massive quake.
For centuries, people have described unusual animal behavior just ahead of seismic events: dogs barking incessantly, cows halting their milk, toads leaping from ponds. A few researchers have tried to substantiate a link. In a 2013 study, Germany scientists videotaped red wood ants that nested along a fault line and found they changed their usual routine before a quake, becoming more active at night and less active during the day. But most such attempts have relied largely on anecdotal evidence and single observations, according to a 2018 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America review that examined 180 previous studies.
Cows, sheep and dogs increased their activity before tremors, seemingly reacting, in part, to one anotherwww.scientificamerican.com
Tsunami alert issued following major quakewww.independent.co.uk
Independent "researchers" are sharing unfounded theories across social media, which have the potential to spread panic and confusion—and have even fooled legitimate government agencies.www.vice.com
In contrast, the real reconstruction was slow to take place. As any bureaucrat knows, one of the best ways of reducing expenditure is to invent labyrinthine procedures and make sure that it is difficult to understand and follow them. This strategy was carefully practised in L'Aquila. Time is socially necessary in post-disaster recovery.#Italy #Earthquake #disasters
David Alexander, Professor of Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London, writes for PreventionWeb DRR Voices Blogwww.preventionweb.net
