EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS

27 June 2013

Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme Phase

(CDMP(CDMP
II)
II)
Ministry of Disaster Management &&Relief
Relief

MAJOR EARTHQUAKES IN BD
Date

Name of
Earthquake

Magnitude
(Richter)

Intensity,
Dhaka (EMS)

Distance from
Dhaka (km)

10 January, 1869

Cachar EQ

7.5

250

14 July, 1885

Manikganj
/Bogra EQ

7.0

VII

60/170 (?)

12 June, 1897

Great Indian
EQ

8.7*

VIII+

230

8 July, 1918

Srimongal EQ

7.6

VI

150

2 July, 1930

Dhubri EQ

7.1

V+

250

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Ministry of Disaster Management & Relief

RECENT EARTHQUAKES IN BD

08 May, 1997 Sylhet (Mb = 5.6)

21 November, 1997 Bandarban (Mb = 6.1)

22 July, 1999 Moheshkhali (Mb = 5.1)

19 December, 2001, Dhaka ( Mb= 4.2)

July, 2003 Rangamati (Barkal) (Ms=5.5)

27 October, 2005, Jessore (Narial) (Ms=4.3)

5 July, 2008, Rajshahi (Tanore) (Ms=4.1)

27 July, 2008, Mymensingh (Haluaghat) (Ms=4.9)

13 Dec. 2009 (M=5.2), 32 km SE from Chittagong

10 September, 2010 (M=4.8), 45 km SE of Dhaka

03 May 2011 earthquake (Mag: 4.6, Comilla)

18 March, 2012 (M = 4.5) 14 km from Dohar, Dhaka

August 05, 2012 4.2 magnitude, 56 km depth, Maulvi Bazar, Sylhet, Bangladesh

22 December, 2012 Strong Deep Earthquake In Myanmar also felt in BD

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II)
II)
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Relief

PREPAREDNESS

Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping to include Resources.

Assess strengthening requirements and execute.
Funding for preparedness.
Peoples cooperation through Political leaders, elders,
Volunteers and NGOs
Movement of resources with time frame.
Aim to reduce the destructive potential

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(CDMP(CDMP
II)
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Ministry of Disaster Management &&Relief
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PREPAREDNESS FRAMEWORK
COMPONENTS OF PREPAREDNESS
Vulnerability
Assessment

Planning

Institutional
Framework

Information System

Resource Base

Warning Systems

Response
Mechanisms

Public Education
and Training

Rehearsals

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II)
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CDMPS EQ PREPAREDNESS APPROACH

Seismic
Assessment &
Planning

Urban Risk
Assessment

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II)
II)
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Microzonation

Seismic
Assessment

Earthquake
Contingency
Planning
Risk-informed
Land Use &
City planning

Scenario-based
City Contingency
Planning

Agencies
Level

(DHK, CTG, SYL, RNG, BGR, DNG, RAJ, MYN, TAN)

(MYN City Corp.)

Ward level Spatial Planning

National
Level

(50 wards of DHK, CTG, SYL)

(Updating)

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(CDMP(CDMP
II)
II)
Ministry of Disaster Management &&Relief
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(11 GoB Agencies)

Urban Risk
Reduction

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(CDMP(CDMP
II)
II)
Ministry of Disaster Management &&Relief
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Building
Code
Revision
Advocacy

Safer
Cities
campaign

Gears

Urban
volunteers

Training of
school teacher

(Target: 30,000, So far: 19,820)

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(CDMP(CDMP
II)
II)
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School EQ
Safety Drill
(70,000 drills conducted in twice a year)

HOW TO ACT DURING AN EARTHQUAKE

The important point during the first hours of an earthquake
is precautions, that should be taken by individuals

Appropriate Positioning during an earthquake:

DROP, COVER and HOLD
Dont jump or rush downstairs during shaking

Dont Jump

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Ministry of Disaster Management & Relief

THE TRIANGLE OF LIFE

Generally, disaster victims are saved from spaces in
wreckages alive by rescue teams. The places that enough
for survival is called triangle of life
They are formed of being supported of the collapsing
structural elements by a resistant objects
It is not possible to guess the collapse shape beforehand
and difficult to know how the triangle of life will occur

SURVIVAL UNDER A DEBRIS

If you are under debris, you apply following steps:
Be calm and dont move
Define your position
If you dont feel ache or pain, try to move slightly your limbs starting from
your toes
Covering mouth-nose with a thin cloth
Keep away from the utilities
Check how much you are trapped
Draw attention of the rescue workers

How to survive
and draw attention

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Ministry of Disaster Management & Relief

EVACUATION
Every individual should make an evacuation plan for their own houses
Training for learning evacuation plans

Need to develop plan for the working places and schools:

Appointing an authority that is going to decide evacuation, appointing an
evacuation team, setting a warning and alarm system, marking evacuation road
and selecting a meeting places

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Ministry of Disaster Management & Relief

Thank you

For more information contact:

Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP II)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Disaster Management & Relief Bhaban (6th Floor)
92-93 Mohakhali C/A, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
Tel: (+88 02) 989 0937, 882 1255 Website: www.cdmp.org.bd
Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme Phase
(CDMP(CDMP
II)
II)
Ministry of Disaster Management &&Relief
Relief