by Phil Leggiere
Friday, 02 July 2010
FEMA study examines impact of a New Madrid fault quake
snips
The study, titled Impact of New Madrid Seismic Zone Earthquakes on the Central USA, commissioned by the Federal Emergency Management agency (FEMA), found that a 7.7 magnitude earthquake could leave at least 3,500 dead, more than 80,000 injured and render at least seven million temporarily homeless. Particularly hard hit would be St. Louis and Memphis -- the two largest cities near the fault.
As described in the study nearly 715,000 buildings are damaged in the eight-state study region, with about 42,000 search and rescue personnel working in 1,500 teams are required to respond to the earthquakes.
...the report found that emergency managers and first responders in the states and locales likely to be most affected by the potential earthquake were not ready to effectively respond to the such an earthquake in a myriad of ways including sheltering for the homeless, repairing and retrofitting bridges, and maintaining transportation systems.
Full article: http://www.hstoday.us/content/view/13821/128/
Actual report: https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/14810/ImpactofNewMadridSeismicZoneEarthquakeso%20theCentral%20USAVol1.pdf?sequence=3
Friday, 02 July 2010
FEMA study examines impact of a New Madrid fault quake
snips
The study, titled Impact of New Madrid Seismic Zone Earthquakes on the Central USA, commissioned by the Federal Emergency Management agency (FEMA), found that a 7.7 magnitude earthquake could leave at least 3,500 dead, more than 80,000 injured and render at least seven million temporarily homeless. Particularly hard hit would be St. Louis and Memphis -- the two largest cities near the fault.
As described in the study nearly 715,000 buildings are damaged in the eight-state study region, with about 42,000 search and rescue personnel working in 1,500 teams are required to respond to the earthquakes.
...the report found that emergency managers and first responders in the states and locales likely to be most affected by the potential earthquake were not ready to effectively respond to the such an earthquake in a myriad of ways including sheltering for the homeless, repairing and retrofitting bridges, and maintaining transportation systems.
Full article: http://www.hstoday.us/content/view/13821/128/
Actual report: https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/14810/ImpactofNewMadridSeismicZoneEarthquakeso%20theCentral%20USAVol1.pdf?sequence=3