vulnerability and risk with earthquakes
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Vulnerability in general sense implies being susceptible to dangers. It refers to circumstances in which an areas or a community is likely to become easily prone to natural or man made disasters. It implies lesser capacity of a group, area to cope with such disasters. We may give example of poor construction , community means living near river, hilly terrain , in flood prone area are more vulnerable to natural disasters like floods, landslides etc.
Risk is the potential loss that can occur to a particular community, society which is hit by a disaster. It implies potential losses likely to occur in terms of lives, property, livelihood. It takes into account some estimated loss likely to occur due to natural or man made disaster.
The risk of earthquakes does not increase by human activities like underground nuclear testing or mining but the aftershocks that are created by such activities may resemble an earthquake.
Mining upsets the natural stress of the underground rocks. At times the wall of the mine burst. If one goes by the seismography of such rock explosions, they resemble earthquakes,
Underground nuclear testing process sends aftershocks that are feebler than the core occurrence. This gets weaker with the passage of time. Such aftershocks look like earthquakes. At times, big bomb trials may have the same magnitude as moderate earthquakes.
Risk is the potential loss that can occur to a particular community, society which is hit by a disaster. It implies potential losses likely to occur in terms of lives, property, livelihood. It takes into account some estimated loss likely to occur due to natural or man made disaster.
The risk of earthquakes does not increase by human activities like underground nuclear testing or mining but the aftershocks that are created by such activities may resemble an earthquake.
Mining upsets the natural stress of the underground rocks. At times the wall of the mine burst. If one goes by the seismography of such rock explosions, they resemble earthquakes,
Underground nuclear testing process sends aftershocks that are feebler than the core occurrence. This gets weaker with the passage of time. Such aftershocks look like earthquakes. At times, big bomb trials may have the same magnitude as moderate earthquakes.
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