Assessing Earthquake Impact: Asset Damage, Casualties, and Water Supply Challenges
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This analysis focuses on the impact of earthquakes on building fragility and casualty rates, specifically based on 10,000 simulations conducted using RiskScape for the Christchurch earthquake on February 22. The study examines how damage to buildings correlates with occupant safety, asset loss, and the operation of essential infrastructures like pipelines. Additionally, it discusses the critical issue of water supply, highlighting potential risks related to water shortages as stored resources may last only about 20 days post-disaster.
Assessing Earthquake Impact: Asset Damage, Casualties, and Water Supply Challenges
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Assets, damage, deaths, thirst Jim Cousins
Creations • Buildings • Occupants (day & night) • Earthquake shaking • Fragility and casualty rates • Pipelines • Failure rates
10,000 runs of RiskScape – Christchurch Quake 22nd Feb NB: Log scale, and building occupants only
Wellington & Lower Hutt – Wellington Fault rupture – 10,000 runs
10,000 runs NB: Log scale , and building occupants only