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Lorca has become a place of study for multiple academic disciplines.
Architects, surveyors, engineers, geologists, geographers, psychologists, art experts and tourism ... used 'in situ' Lorca what happened in order to improve prevention, acting upon and reacting to the emergency caused by a situation such as that which occurred on May 11, three years ago
Councilmember Management Recovery after earthquakes, Satur Martinez reported that the National Museum of Science and Technology (MUNCYT) of Corunna states "When the earth shakes. Volcanoes and Earthquakes", an exhibition of recent discoveries about of these natural phenomena.
For specialists, know and understand natural phenomena "is vital to reduce the risk of people living on the slopes of active volcanoes or seismic hazard areas."
The museum understands the Lorca earthquake of May 11 as a before and after for seismic prevention.
As such, and as a concrete document outlining the lessons learned in repair and reconstruction of buildings, the City of our city, through the Department of Planning, prepared a document entitled "Supplementary Rules to facilitate the relocation, reconstruction and repair of buildings affected by catastrophic seismic actions. "
These recommendations were made based on the most common damage to buildings during the earthquake on May 11.
They urgently and prevention, pending a review of the current state of seismic building regulations and Building Code.
The mayor explained that the exhibit is divided into five areas, "Earth A dynamic and energetic planet.", "Volcanoes: a window into the Earth," "Earthquakes do not know when, where peri yes, how and why "," The earthquake of 11 May "and" Hydrotherapy ".
Signage and large format graphics and interactive written information the visitor initiate in the knowledge of earthquakes and volcanoes.
Satur Martinez noted that the exhibition will remain open until June 2015, is produced by the Museum of Science and Water of Murcia and funded by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT), through its call for aid for the promotion of science, technology and innovation culture.
The City Council has stated that "the territory of Lorca has become a place of study for multiple academic disciplines. Architects, technical architects, engineers, geologists, geographers, psychologists, art experts and tourism, ... used in situ as Lorca occurred in order to improve prevention, acting upon and reacting to the emergency caused by a situation like the one in 2011. "
Be anticipated in this regard that in October Lorca host the second Iberian Meeting on active faults and paleoseismology (Iberfault 2014), which completed from a more professional point and training activities that have been carried out and have had their most popular performances in the two editions of Geolodía.
The profile of the municipality as an enclave of field research has been enhanced as a result of the strong earthquakes that struck the city on May 11, 2011, whose power and particular characteristics reawakened interest in the study of the peculiarities Geologic Lorca.
In fact one of the most outstanding examples of this was the development of a documentary by the prestigious National Geographic TV channel (NGC), which chose precisely the case of the earthquake in Lorca to start the series of reports that aired throughout the world under the title "The Birth of Europe."
The chapter Lorca called "Collision" and was made public in April 2012, including explanations of scientists, affected by earthquakes and municipal authorities, as was the case of Mayor of the city itself, Francisco Jodar
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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