Post-crisis analysis of an ineffective tsunami alert

The 2010 earthquake in Maule, Chile

Bibliographic Data

ID3898424
AuthorsBeatrice Soule (0000-0002-3716-7192, Associate Professor, Centre de Recherche et d'Innovation sur le Sport Université Claude Bernard Lyon France, corresponding author), Bastien Soulé
Year2014
Volume38
Issue2
Pages375-397
Publication date2014-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDisasters (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/disa.12045
PMID24601922
OpenAlexW1974372429
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited19

Considering its huge magnitude and its location in a densely populated area of Chile, the Maule seism of 27 February 2010 generated a low amount of victims. However, post-seismic tsunamis were particularly devastating on that day; surprisingly, no full alert was launched, not at the national, regional or local level. This earthquake and associated tsunamis are of interest in the context of natural hazards management as well as crisis management planning. Instead of focusing exclusively on the event itself, this article places emphasis on the process, systems and long-term approach that led the tsunami alert mechanism to be ineffectual. Notably, this perspective reveals interrelated forerunner signs of vulnerability

Archaeology · Computer security · Context (archaeology · Crisis management · Earthquake casualty estimation · Geography · Meteorology · Natural disaster · Natural hazard · Political science · Seismic hazard · Seismology · Urban seismic risk · Vulnerability (computing · Disaster Management and Resilience · Disaster Response and Management · earthquake and tectonic studies · Geology

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