Living In Earthquake Area

earthquake in Padang, West Sumatra

More recently the earthquake came and went in the world, just one month after the quake in West Java, on 2 September, the city of Padang and surrounding areas in West Sumatra was destroyed by a terrible shock of September 30, 2009. More over, the earthquake that has not forgotten from our memories, the Japanese earthquake which occurred March 11, 2011. The earthquake that occurred this time measuring 8.9 Richter struck southern Japan, where exactly in the Hyuga-nada, occurred at 13:06 local time. Japanese quake occurred at 31.8 latitude and 132.0 east longitude, depth of 10 kilometers under the sea.

Indeed there are no areas in Indonesia that is safe from earthquakes surveillance, except the island of Borneo. Location of Indonesia at the meeting point of tectonic plates known as the line of fire ring (ring of fire). Sumatra West Coast, South Coast of Java, Bali, and NTB became a meeting place between the Eurasian Plate and Indo-Australian plate. As in the eastern part of NTT continues to the northern part of Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua, the situation is more complicated because there are four plates meet each other ie plates Pacific, Australia, Eurasia and the Philippines. Until now the plates are still continue to push each other that caused the earthquake.

occupancy after the earthquake in Yogyakarta Indonesia

Although not predictable when it came from and how much strength, the earthquake will still continue to occur in Indonesia.Move to another island or country is safe from the earthquake may not be the preferred solution to avoid a lot of people in the earthquake disaster. The only way is that we should be able to live side by side with earthquakes.
Adaptation must be done either before, during and after the earthquake. In preparation for earthquakes, we must equip ourselves with knowledge about what to do when an earthquake happens. Like how do I take refuge in the house, tall building, outdoors or in vehicles. We also must be aware of landslides and fallen trees when it is located in mountainous areas or when the tsunami disaster in coastal areas. Skill in performing first aid when an accident becomes important to master. Do not also forget to save important phone numbers that can be contacted when an earthquake happens.

in Yogyakarta Indonesia

In addition, residential areas must also be prepared carefully in order to deal with earthquakes. The soil should be considered, whether compact enough to withstand the foundations of buildings or otherwise too soft so that it can strengthen the vibration caused by the earthquake and break the foundation.With the current geological maps are easily obtained, this condition is not hard to know. Building a house with earthquake-resistant structures must also be a primary choice. The case of the earthquake in West Java and West Sumatra shows that many buildings collapsed because not designed to withstand earthquakes. The structure should be chewy like a practical column, beam circumference and Sloop, and using building materials as possible. The more flexible and lighter the building will be smaller then the earthquake load is acceptable. It’s likely we’ll spend the extra cost for this effort. However, that to do to be able to live quietly in the country full of earthquakes such as Indonesia, Japan and other countries in the world.