The 1988 Earthquake in Soviet Armenia

Implications for Earthquake Preparedness

Bibliographic Data

ID3898313
AuthorsEric K Noji (Johns Hopkins University, corresponding author)
Year1989
Volume13
Issue3
Pages255-262
Publication date1989-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDisasters (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-7717.1989.tb00715.x
PMID20958682
OpenAlexW2052831821
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited14

An earthquake registering 6.9 on the Richter scale hit the northern part of the Armenian Republic of the Soviet Union on 7 December 1988, resulting in thousands of deaths and injuries. The majority of these resulted from the collapse of inadequately designed and constructed buildings. Analysis of the effects of the Armenian earthquake on the population, as well as of the rescue and medical response, has strong implications for earthquake preparedness and response in other seismically vulnerable parts of the world. Specifically, this paper will recommend a number of important endeavours deemed necessary to improve medical planning, preparedness and response to earthquakes. Strengthening the self-reliance of the community in disaster preparedness is suggested as the best way to improve the effectiveness of relief operations. In earthquake-prone areas, training and education in basic first aid and methods of rescue should be an integral part of any community preparedness programme

Armenian · Civil engineering · Disaster preparedness · Earthquake casualty estimation · Emergency management · Emergency response · Environmental health · Forensic engineering · Medical emergency · Poison control · Political science · Population · Preparedness · Relief Work · Urban seismic risk · Disaster Management and Resilience · Disaster Response and Management · Engineering · History · Law · Medicine

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