| Title | Seismologists Can Help Attenuate Some Post - Earthquake Vibrations Among the Public |
| Author | Lamontagne, M; Du Berger, R; Stevens, A E |
| Source | Earthquake Spectra vol. 8, no. 4, 1992 p. 573-594, https://doi.org/10.1193/1.1585696 |
| Year | 1992 |
| Alt Series | Geological Survey of Canada, Contribution Series 20291 |
| Publisher | Earthquake Engineering Research Institute |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Ontario; Quebec |
| NTS | 31J; 21L; 21M; 21N; 22D; 32A; 31P; 31I |
| Area | Saguenay River; Mont Laurier |
| Lat/Long WENS | -76.0000 -70.0000 49.0000 46.0000 |
| Subjects | environmental geology; miscellaneous; aftershocks; earthquake studies; environmental impacts; earthquakes; environmental studies; seismicity |
| Illustrations | sketch maps |
| Abstract | Very often after a strongly felt earthquake, the media and the general public consider seismologists to be the source of all information, particularly in regions where earthquakes occur infrequently.
Widely felt earthquakes can have a strong social impact (-the post-earthquake vibrations among the public-) whenever the population is unprepared. Since 1935, eastern Canadian seismologists have been involved in four cases of post-earthquake
communications with social impact. Recently, seismologists of the Geological Survey of Canada developed a communications strategy to help people cope with post-earthquake stress, particularly that component of stress arising from an insufficient
knowledge of earthquakes. A communications plan is prepared before the emergency response period; a high priority is given to those persons who felt the earthquake most strongly; basic information on earthquake phenomena and preparedness is provided;
and finally, seismologists make themselves both known and available before and after the earthquake. With this strategy, seismologists can help to relieve unnecessary anxiety and to promote positive preparation. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 133525 |
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