Chris Rowan

#Earthquake in Turkey exposes gap between seismic knowledge and action:

"any suggestion that a country cannot “be prepared” for an earthquake of the magnitude that hit Turkey and northern Syria is a political statement – that is, it reflects the political choices that were made rather than the science."

https://theconversation.com/earthquake-in-turkey-exposes-gap-between-seismic-knowledge-and-action-but-it-is-possible-to-prepare-199379

Earthquake in Turkey exposes gap between seismic knowledge and action -- but it is possible to prepare

Turkey has repeatedly attempted to improve its earthquake preparedness. So what went wrong?

The Conversation
Feb 15, 2023 at 3:37pmWeb
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@allochthonous 'Corruption kills' https://www.nature.com/articles/469153a
Corruption kills - Nature

On the anniversary of Haiti's devastating quake, Nicholas Ambraseys and Roger Bilham calculate that 83% of all deaths from building collapse in earthquakes over the past 30 years occurred in countries that are anomalously corrupt.

Nature