We focus on presenting their technical characteristics and performance and on their contribution to rapid response and seismic risk reduction strategies. In this paper we present how real-time solutions including REWS, ShakeMap, SeisDaRo and Network-risk, as well as the TURNkey, REDACt and PREVENT platforms, are implemented and used in Romania-one of Europe's most endangered countries due to earthquakes. Technological advances in earthquake early warning, ground motion recording or rapid earthquake loss estimation can make a difference nowadays. Quick reliable information is vital for an effective rapid response, considering that life expectancy for people in need of help can significantly decrease by minutes. We also reveal which are the old or newly-discovered earthquake data and the ways we exploited it, in order to draw an alarm signal, as lessons of the past clearly weren't fully learned.Įarthquakes are one of the most challenging natural hazards to manage by emergency situation authorities: they are unpredictable, can cause widespread losses in a matter of seconds and can trigger additional hazards (tsunamis, landslides, explosions etc.). And hopefully we convinced people about the immediate actions needed to mitigate the risks we present in this paper also some of the performance indicators. Through recent initiatives such as i) the scanning and sharing of historical earthquake documents and photographs of the effects (promoting open dialogue), ii) the development of webGIS maps and story-maps showing the phenomenon and its effects from a different perspective, iii) the development of a guided tour presenting Bucharest's vulnerability to earthquakes, iv) new documentaries promoting both the scientific and visual perspectives or v) a mobile earthquake exhibition (MOBEE), we ensured that lessons from the past still have an echo in the present. Re-interpreted old data and new ways of telling the story of earthquakes can certainly boost individual and scientific preparedness-as we experienced. Can previous earthquake experiences still be mobilising and relevant nowadays, in Romania? 45 years have passed since the Vrancea 4 March earthquake-the most destructive in the country's history, but the level of seismic risk is probably higher than ever.
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