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Over the past decade, scientists have been called to participate more actively in public education and outreach (E&O). This is particularly true in fields of significant societal impact, such as earthquake science. Local earthquake risk culture plays a role in the way that the public engages in educational efforts. In this article, we describe an adapted E&O program for earthquake science and risk. The program is tailored for a region of slow tectonic deformation, where large earthquakes are extreme events that occur with long return periods. The adapted program has two main goals: (1) to increase the awareness and preparedness of the population to earthquake and related risks (tsunami, liquefaction, fires, etc.), and (2) to increase the quality of earthquake science education, so as to attract talented students to geosciences. Our integrated program relies on activities tuned for different population groups who have diferente interests and abilities, namely young children, teenagers, young adults, and professionals.
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E&O Earthquake science Earthquake risk culture Slow tectonic deformation
Citation
CUSTÓDIO, Susana; [et al] – Educating for earthquake science and risk in a tectonically slowly deforming region. Seismomological Research Letters. ISSN 0895-0695. Vol. 87, N.º 3 (2016), pp. 1-12
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Seismomological Society of America