On Earthquake Preparedness in Israel

Dr. Avi Shapira

Chairman of the Steering Committee

Ministry of National InfrastructuresInter-ministerial Steering Committee for

Earthquake Preparedness

The Dead Sea Fault System

סוריה

מון חר

כנרת

כוןתי הים

N

Looking to the west

2000 years ago on the Roman equaduct

Meghraoui et al., 2003Meghraoui et al., 2003

The faultThe fault

TodayToday

14 m

Meghraoui et al., 2003Meghraoui et al., 2003

14 m14 m

1837 1759

746

1927

1068

1202

363

746 ,Sussitta

' מ60

The ATERET The ATERET fortressfortress

Built by the Crusaders in 1179

Marxo, Agnon, Elenblum, 1997

Dead Sea FaultDead Sea Fault

N

Marco et al. 1997

2 m

N

Marco et al. 1997

1927 JerichoNablus

Gulf of Aqaba/Eilat , 22 November 1995, Mw=7.2

Earthquake Epicenters located by the Israeli Seismic

Network (1980-2005)

Ministry of National InfrastructuresInter-ministerial Steering Committee for

Earthquake Preparedness

THERE ARE NO DANGEROUS EARTHQUAKES ONLY DANGEROUS BUILDINGS

THERE ARE NO DANGEROUS EARTHQUAKES ONLY DANGEROUS BUILDINGS

תאוצת הקרקע המירבית

Ministry of National InfrastructuresInter-ministerial Steering Committee for

Earthquake Preparedness

FOCUS ON PREVENSION AND

MITIGATIONRATHER THAN ON

RESPONSE

TEL-AVIV

200000

650000

Life saving: The prime responders to an

Earthquake catastrophe are the Local Authority Local Authority

and the Local PopulationLocal Population

Ministry of National InfrastructuresInter-ministerial Steering Committee for Earthquake

Preparedness

P 6-8 km/sec S 3-4 km/sec

Warning time

Dangerous shaking

Propagation time of P waves

זמן

Ministry of National InfrastructuresInter-ministerial Steering Committee for Earthquake Preparedness

No Prediction but Possible real time warning

Seismicity during 2008

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THANK YOU THANK YOU ! !

Jerusalem, July 11, 1927Jerusalem, July 11, 1927