After the Datong-Yanggao earthquake (October 1989),a special team was organized for the first time by the SSB of China to start the work of earthquake damage evaluation for the purpose of providing the government with...After the Datong-Yanggao earthquake (October 1989),a special team was organized for the first time by the SSB of China to start the work of earthquake damage evaluation for the purpose of providing the government with a scientific basis for disaster relief.The result of the evaluation played an important role in speeding up rehabilitation and reducing damage losses in the earthquake area.Based on the evaluation of earthquake damage from the Datong-Yanggao earthquake and recent research results,this paper presents a method for quick evaluation of earthquake damages,introduces software entitled EDEP (earthquake damage evaluation program) for evaluating earthquake damage,and cites a case to explain the main function and application of the EDEP.Finally,for a quicker evaluation of earthquake damages,the paper also proposes the establishment of database systems of earthquake damage evaluation in the emphatically monitored areas and ways to build up such database systems.展开更多
There has been a history of 136 years in the Chinese news reports on earthquakes.Through studying the news reports on 111 earthquakes,we find that the interval between report time and time of earthquake occurrence pre...There has been a history of 136 years in the Chinese news reports on earthquakes.Through studying the news reports on 111 earthquakes,we find that the interval between report time and time of earthquake occurrence presents an index curve.Besides war factors and so on,the interval of news reports on earthquakes gradually reduces with the lapse of time, which mainly belongs to the progress of the technologies in measuring earthquake,communication and news report.展开更多
文摘After the Datong-Yanggao earthquake (October 1989),a special team was organized for the first time by the SSB of China to start the work of earthquake damage evaluation for the purpose of providing the government with a scientific basis for disaster relief.The result of the evaluation played an important role in speeding up rehabilitation and reducing damage losses in the earthquake area.Based on the evaluation of earthquake damage from the Datong-Yanggao earthquake and recent research results,this paper presents a method for quick evaluation of earthquake damages,introduces software entitled EDEP (earthquake damage evaluation program) for evaluating earthquake damage,and cites a case to explain the main function and application of the EDEP.Finally,for a quicker evaluation of earthquake damages,the paper also proposes the establishment of database systems of earthquake damage evaluation in the emphatically monitored areas and ways to build up such database systems.
文摘There has been a history of 136 years in the Chinese news reports on earthquakes.Through studying the news reports on 111 earthquakes,we find that the interval between report time and time of earthquake occurrence presents an index curve.Besides war factors and so on,the interval of news reports on earthquakes gradually reduces with the lapse of time, which mainly belongs to the progress of the technologies in measuring earthquake,communication and news report.
