There are many different seismicity levels in the world. it is obvious that France is less exposed to earthquakes than Japan, China, Turkey, Iran, Italy or California, What is your level of fear of this natural hazard in your particular area? The results of analysis of answers of this question (if they are numerous and representative enough) may help to understand the effect of past experience in lowering or enhancing the level of fear.. thank you for your contribution.
Almost 59% of the land area in India is reported to be prone for earthquakes of various intensities (VI to IX). I stay in the low intensity zone (VI-Karnataka State) which is represented by pre-Cambrian crystalline rocks. Most of the times small tremors are experienced. However, there are places in India, like Maharashtra State, which are also classified as low to moderate (VI to VII)risk areas, have experienced high intensity earthquakes. Hence people staying in the low risk areas are also fearing that they are not all that safe.
I feel safe even most of the popular area of Jordan are located near the East African Rift.
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Abdalla AbuHamad
Thank you Dr Abdalla, the Dead Sea Transform is the kind of faults that make people forgetting about its destructive activity for decades, however it is capable of producing damaging earthquakes, although young people (like you and me) did not experience any of those terrible rocking and rolling rocks !
Dear Najib Abou Karaki ,
Currently, I am working as Senior Research Officer Cum Disaster Professional at District Disaster Management Authority, Madhubani, (Bihar) India to carry out research work related to floods, Earthquakes, Training & Capacity Building, Education & Disaster Management Community awareness or other areas related to Disaster Management/governance. This Madhubani district is located in the northernmost part of the state of Bihar bordering Nepal. The district has been traditionally vulnerable to different disasters on account of its unique geo-climatic condition. Floods, Drought, Earth Quake (Zone- V), Cold Waves and High Wind have been recurrent phenomena. Since this area is located very close to Himalaya thus the rate of seismic activity remains fairly. It comes under Very High Damage Risk Zone. Therefore risk perception is very high among peoples , citizens.if you want to know the perception level of tourist, please see the paper.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320895334_Tourism_and_earthquake_disaster_management_to_enhance_disaster_risk_reduction_a_case_study_from_Nalanda_District_Bihar_India
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