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The Panama Earthquake: A Model of Seismic Resilience (Blog)

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By: Sergio Molina-Palacios

Professor of Earth Physics, Department of Physics – University of Alicante

Disaster Risk Management & Risk Modeling

 

The same natural event can produce radically different impacts depending on how well a community has prepared for it. The recent earthquake in Panama is a powerful case in point.