An example being San Francisco, an area with high risk of earthquakes, applies the three p's (Barberi, 1996); Prediction (using seismometers), prevention (building earthquake proof buildings) and preparation (educating people and evacuation drills).This shows that despite the inevitability of an earthquake occurring that their society actively decided to act to limit damage and deaths. ...

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