# Q5B · Discuss in detail at least 10 significances of Mitigation in a Seismic Zone prone to …

Subject: Disaster Management

Exam: TEE

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Actual older TEE paper · 100 marks · Q1 compulsory; any four of Q2–Q7

### Q5B. Discuss in detail at least 10 significances of Mitigation in a Seismic Zone prone to frequent Earthquakes. [10 marks]

#### Answer

## Ten significances of mitigation in an earthquake-prone area

1. **Life safety.** Suitable seismic design reduces collapse risk and deaths.
2. **Fewer injuries.** Anchoring ceilings, shelves and equipment reduces falling-object injuries.
3. **Lower structural damage.** Competent assessment and retrofitting improve vulnerable buildings.
4. **Continuity of healthcare.** Strengthened hospitals and secured equipment support emergency treatment.
5. **Protected lifelines.** Appropriate protection of water, power and communications reduces cascading outages.
6. **Reduced secondary hazards.** Safer utility connections and protected hazardous materials reduce fire or release risks.
7. **Maintained access.** Resilient bridges and roads preserve rescue and relief routes.
8. **Lower household and business losses.** Damage reduction limits displacement, stock loss and business interruption.
9. **Fairer protection.** Prioritising vulnerable housing, schools and essential services protects people with fewer coping resources.
10. **Safer long-term development.** Seismic land-use decisions and sustained building-code implementation avoid recreating preventable vulnerability.

Mitigation reduces likely consequences; it cannot prevent tectonic fault movement or make every structure earthquake-proof. Measures require competent design, implementation and maintenance.

#### Illustrative application · A classroom earthquake illustration

A fault begins to rupture below ground at the focus. The surface point vertically above it is the epicentre. Waves spread outward and shake buildings; the damage also depends on local ground and construction. Use the labelled diagram in the earthquake chapter to connect these terms.