EFE | Pamplona
The geologist at the University of Navarra Antonio Aretxabala stressed that in Spain there is no consciousness of living in a seismic country and indeed, when the earthquake struck Lorca, "People ran out of buildings, instead of running for cover" .
However, he acknowledged that these days it has begun to see a change: "The children of El Hierro are receiving training on how to deal with an earthquake, just as is done in countries with high seismic activity such as Japan, Colombia and United States ".
This was stated by Aretxabala Antonio at a conference on his "Spain, a seismic country: consequences of recent earthquakes architecture," delivered at the Planetarium of Pamplona, in the weeks of the Science, Innovation and Technology campus.
Aretxabala, according to information provided by the academic center in a statement, defended the need for further investigation of several complementary methods for predicting earthquakes, and the emission of gases and Paleoseismology, consisting of layers of sediment to study analyze and detect seismic disturbances times stronger movements.
In this regard, China has indicated that it also studies the behavior of animals, as some species detect earthquakes with much anticipation, like cows and elephants, while those in proximity of these animals, it would provide a few minutes warning before they happen.
The expert, professor of the Laboratory Building of the School of Architecture, also stressed the recent experiences of earthquakes, such as occurred on Wednesday, 20 km from Van (Turkey), have shown that seismic construction standards "do not save lives alone, or mitigate disasters. "
"They have to be accompanied by other measures such as urban planning and pedagogy," he assured.
As an example, he said that in Istanbul, where a major earthquake is expected within the next 20 or 30 years,they have already begun to implement preventive measures to be "a megalopolis of 12 million inhabitants in which 60% of buildings are vulnerable from the viewpoint of earthquake resistance. "
According to information provided by by Aretxabala at the academic center in a statement, he defended the need for further investigation of several complementary methods for predicting earthquakes, and the emission of gases and Paleoseismology, consisting of layers of sediment to study analyze and detect seismic disturbances times stronger movements.
The geologist at the University of Navarra Antonio Aretxabala stressed that in Spain there is no consciousness of living in a seismic country and indeed, when the earthquake struck Lorca, "People ran out of buildings, instead of running for cover" .
However, he acknowledged that these days it has begun to see a change: "The children of El Hierro are receiving training on how to deal with an earthquake, just as is done in countries with high seismic activity such as Japan, Colombia and United States ".
This was stated by Aretxabala Antonio at a conference on his "Spain, a seismic country: consequences of recent earthquakes architecture," delivered at the Planetarium of Pamplona, in the weeks of the Science, Innovation and Technology campus.
Aretxabala, according to information provided by the academic center in a statement, defended the need for further investigation of several complementary methods for predicting earthquakes, and the emission of gases and Paleoseismology, consisting of layers of sediment to study analyze and detect seismic disturbances times stronger movements.
In this regard, China has indicated that it also studies the behavior of animals, as some species detect earthquakes with much anticipation, like cows and elephants, while those in proximity of these animals, it would provide a few minutes warning before they happen.
The expert, professor of the Laboratory Building of the School of Architecture, also stressed the recent experiences of earthquakes, such as occurred on Wednesday, 20 km from Van (Turkey), have shown that seismic construction standards "do not save lives alone, or mitigate disasters. "
"They have to be accompanied by other measures such as urban planning and pedagogy," he assured.
As an example, he said that in Istanbul, where a major earthquake is expected within the next 20 or 30 years,they have already begun to implement preventive measures to be "a megalopolis of 12 million inhabitants in which 60% of buildings are vulnerable from the viewpoint of earthquake resistance. "
According to information provided by by Aretxabala at the academic center in a statement, he defended the need for further investigation of several complementary methods for predicting earthquakes, and the emission of gases and Paleoseismology, consisting of layers of sediment to study analyze and detect seismic disturbances times stronger movements.
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