Earthquake loss estimates help and challenge medical disaster responders

Authors

  • Max Wyss, PhD

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5055/ajdm.2017.0262

Keywords:

earthquake, medical disaster, responders

Abstract

Earthquake loss estimates help and challenge medical disaster responders

Author Biography

Max Wyss, PhD

Professor, International Centre for Earth Simulation Foundation, QLARM, Cologny, Geneva, Switzerland

References

ICES Foundation: QLARM Summary. Available at http://www.icesfoundation.org/Pages/CustomPage.aspx?ID=122. Accessed August 7, 2017.

USGS: Earthquake Hazards Program, PAGER. Available at https://earthquake.usgs.gov/data/pager/ Accessed August 7, 2017.

Wyss M: Ten years of real-time earthquake loss alerts, in Wyss M (ed.): Earthquake Hazard, Risk, and Disasters. Waltham, Massachusetts: Elsevier. 2014, pp. 143-165.

Jaiswal K, Wald DJ: (2008), Creating a global building inventory for earthquake loss assessment and risk management. US Geological Survey. 2008. Available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/ of/2008/1160/downloads/OF08-1160.pdf Accessed August 7, 2017.

Wyss M: Human losses expected in Himalayan earthquakes. Nat. Hazards. 2005; 34: 305-314.

Wyss M: Report estimated quake death tolls to save lives. Nature. 2017; 545: 151-153.

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Published

04/01/2017

How to Cite

Wyss, PhD, M. “Earthquake Loss Estimates Help and Challenge Medical Disaster Responders”. American Journal of Disaster Medicine, vol. 12, no. 2, Apr. 2017, pp. 71-73, doi:10.5055/ajdm.2017.0262.

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2017): Spring

Section

Editorial

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