For the past 30 years, the International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) has deployed and coordinated search-and-rescue teams to save lives when an earthquake hits a country and causes...
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For the past 30 years, the International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) has deployed and coordinated search-and-rescue teams to save lives when an earthquake hits a country and causes...
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New Report Looks at Past Disasters to Prepare for the Future Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery: Are we prepared for the next Pompeii? WASHINGTON, May 8, 2018 — The great disasters...
By Brigitte Leoni Mexico City - Five years after the devastating 1985 quake, which killed more than 10,000 people, Mexico equipped itself with one of the world’s most effective early warning systems...
By Brigitte Leoni MEXICO CITY, 22 March 2017 – Mexico City’s devastating, 8.1-magnitude earthquake of 1985 was a stark illustration of the disaster risks faced by the health sector, but it also...
By Richard Waddington GUAYAGUIL, 30 July 2014 - Next year’s World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan coincides with the lead-up to the 30th anniversary of the devastating 1985 Mexican...
Between observance of the 26th anniversary of the September 1985 earthquake in Mexico City and Mexico’s hosting of the global celebration yesterday of the 2011 World Habitat Day under the theme...
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Posted in Issue 115 - April 2011 Editorial The ministries of health in Latin America and the Caribbean can be proud of their historic contribution to disaster management. A milestone was the...
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FOREWORD The Proceedings contain selected presentations given at the Second and Third UNDRO/USSR Training Seminars: on Enginering Aspects of Earthquake Risk Assessment and Mitigation of Losses, held...
UNDRO 85/2030 MEXICO - EARTHQUAKE UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO.1 19 SEPTEMBER 1985 1. A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE OF RICHTER MAGNITUDE 7.8 STRUCK MEXICO AT 1318 GMT TODAY. EPICENTRE LOCATED 17.8N 102.3W, I.E...