Officials dispatched thousands of police, firefighters, soldiers and government officials to search for survivors in an effort to keep loss of life as low as possible. Rescue efforts were hampered by landslides and roads which had already been closed as the result of heavy rain.

1. EMERGENCY RESPONSE

2. TWIN EARTHQUAKES HIT
WESTERN CHINA ON JULY
22, 2013
94 Deaths Despite Being Moderate-
Magnitude Events

3. RECENT DEADLY EARTHQUAKES
IN WESTERN CHINA
• SICHUAN PROVINCE--APRIL 2010: . at
least 196 people dead.
• QINGHA PROVINCE– 2010: A M6.9
earth-quake killed 2,700 people
• SICHUAN PROVINCE– A M7.9
earthquake in May 2008: 88,000 dead
and 56 million buildings damaged

4. LOCATION OF JULY 22
QUAKES

5. MAGNITUDES:
5.9 and 5.6
A Shallow Depth of Focus
Exacerbated the Damage

6. The first temblor struck at
7:45 am; Together they
killed 94, injured 1,000, and
caused collapse or severe
damage to 127,000 homes.

7. Chinese President Xi
Jinping called for an “all-
out” rescue effort and to
make saving lives the top
priority

8. Officials dispatched
thousands of police,
firefighters, soldiers and
government officials to
search for survivors in an
effort to keep loss of life as
low as possible.

9. TYPICAL DAMAGE

10. EMERGENCY RESPONSE

11. Rescue efforts were
hampered by landslides and
roads which had already
been closed as the result of
heavy rain.

12. TEMPORARY MEDICAL FACILITY
FOR TREATING INJURIES

13. EMERGENCY MEDICAL

14. THE CHALLENGE
FACING CHINA’S LEADERS:
Implement a Modern Building Code
and
Reassure the People of Their Safety

15. WAYS TO ACCELERATE PROGRESS
TOWARDS EARTHQUAKE RESILIENCE
EXPERIENCES WITH
PREPAREDNESS
EXPERIENCES WITH
MONITORING AND WARNING
EXPERIENCES WITH
DISASTER SCENARIO
PLANNING
EXPERIENCES WITH
RECOVERY AND
RECONSTRUCTION
EXPERIENCES WITH
PREVENTION, MITIGATION,
AND ADAPTATION
INTEGRATE GLOBAL
EXPERIENCES WITH
THOSE OF SISHUAN
EARTHQUAKE

16. SISHUAN
PROVINCE
DATA BASES
AND INFORMATION
HAZARDS:
GROUND SHAKING
GROUND FAILURE
SURFACE FAULTING
TECTONIC DEFORMATION
TSUNAMI RUN UP
AFTERSHOCKS
•HAZARD MAPS
•INVENTORY
•VULNERABILITY
•LOCATION
MAY 12, 2008
EARTHQUAKE
RISK
ACCEPTABLE RISK
UNACCEPTABLE RISK
“STAPLE” DECISIONS
•MITIGATION
•ADAPTATION
•MONITORING
RECONSTRUCTION AND
REASSURANCE

18. THE CHALLENGE:
ACHIEVING DISASTER RESILIENCE AND
REASSURANCE OF THE PEOPLE DURING
RECONSTRUCTION
POLICY CHANGE: CREATE, ADJUST, AND
REALIGN PROGRAMS, PARTNERS AND
PEOPLE UNTIL YOU CAN EFFECT THE KIND
OF TURNING POINTS FOR EARTHQUAKE
RESILIENCE NEEDED BY EACH STRICKEN
LOCAL COMMUNITY AND PROVINCE

19. CREATING TURNING POINTS FOR
EARTHQUAKE RESILIENCE IN
CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES
INTEGRATION OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL
SOLUTIONS FOR PREPAREDNESS AND
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
 FOSTERING THE CREATION OF TURNING
POINTS FOR EARTHQUAKE RESILIENCE ON A
GLOBAL SCALE

21. LONGMENSHAN FAULT: SHAKE
MAP

28. THE SISHUAN/WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE
THE KNOWLEDGE BASE
Best Practices for Mitigation
Adaptation and Monitoring
Gateways to a Deeper
Understanding
Real and Near- Real Time
Monitoring
Hazard, Vulnerability and
Risk Characterization
Anticipatory Actions for all
Events and Situations
Situation Data Bases
Interfaces with all Real- and
Near Real-Time Sources
Cause & Effect Relationships
APPLICATIONS
Implement Modern Codes
and Lifeline Standards
Relocation/Rerouting of
Cities and City Lifelines
Create a Seismic Zonation
Construct (A Policy Tool)
Introduce New
Technologies
Move Towards A Disaster
Intelligent Community
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Involve Partners in Turning
Point Experiences
Enlighten Communities on
Their Risks
Build Strategic Equity
Through “MAM” Scenarios
Multiply Capability by
International Twinning
Update Knowledge Bases
After Each MAM Scenario
OPPORTUNITIES FOR TURNING POINTS: For Mitigation, Adaptation and
Monitoring (MAM) on local, regional, national, and global scales

29. FACTORS THAT FACILITATE GLOBAL
TURNING POINTS
• GLOBAL ATTENTION ( G-8, MEDIA, UN, IDRC).
• SALIENCE FOR CHINA’S SISHUAN
PROVINCE, OTHER PROVINCES, AND OTHER
COUNTRIES
• COLLABORATION OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS
AND POLITICAL LEADERS ON MANY LEVELS.
• ENACTMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A
MODERN BUILDING CODE AND LIFELINE
STANDARDS