In the exhibition, students learned about the science of earthquakes, magnitude and intensity of earthquakes, effects of earthquakes on buildings of different heights, liquefaction and earthquakes.
Students who came to observe the Earthquake Education Exhibition at Prithvi Narayan Campus in Pokhara on Friday, organized by the Nepal Science and Technology Institute (NAST) asked, 'When an earthquake comes, it damages a tall house more than a small one?'
NAST seismologist Dr. Shiv Subedi answered the students' questions - "It is understood that if you build a low-rise house in Nepal, you will be safe from earthquakes, but tall houses are not safe." Science does not call this the correct understanding.' He added, "It is not only high-rise houses that will collapse or only Hocha houses that will collapse." According to the intensity of the earthquake, even small houses may collapse, tall houses may not collapse. The main thing is whether it is earthquake resistant.'
NAST has organized an earthquake education exhibition on the occasion of the 10th Commemoration Day of the Gorkha Earthquake. In the exhibition, local and foreign scientists and seismologists explained about earthquakes to the students. Students got a chance to learn about the earthquake in 14 stalls placed in the
exhibition. In the exhibition, students learned about the science of earthquakes, magnitude and intensity of earthquakes, effects of earthquakes on buildings of different heights, liquefaction and earthquakes.
They understood what to do before, during and after the earthquake. The seismologist informed the students about the seismometer, how scientists measure earthquakes. They enjoyed earthquake games and safe earthquake exercises.
Watched earthquake awareness video content. The students participated in the attendance answer competition related to earthquake and painting competition related to earthquake safety. More than three thousand students from different schools of Pokhara watched the performance.
According to Subedi, a seismologist with a degree in earthquake technology from Switzerland, every month in Japan, students are trained to be safe from earthquakes. He said that if students are made aware in Nepal, such awareness will reach the parents and the society, so the learning exhibition has been organized.
He said, "The exhibition is organized so that the students can increase their knowledge by participating and be able to prepare to be safe in an earthquake that may occur tomorrow." He said that the effect of
earthquake depends on specific place, specific structure and awareness. "The most important time also depends on the particular," he said, "whether it came while we were sleeping or when we were awake and went out!" If there is not much public awareness, there will be a lot of damage. When an earthquake occurs, do you stay indoors or come out? What place to go and live? If you don't know this, the damage will be huge. Rather than earthquakes killing people, more people die due to structures that cannot withstand earthquakes.'
072 earthquake slit started from Barpak and went to the east and since there has not been a big earthquake to the west for a long time, many geologists speculate that Pokhara could be the starting point of that slit to the west.
"If we consider the one that started from Barpak as the base point, there was no major damage in Pokhara to the west," he said. However, we cannot predict when an earthquake will occur, but since we are in an earthquake-prone area, we should be aware of ways to stay safe.
He said that the exhibition was organized with the aim of spreading awareness that our structures should not be affected even if there is a big earthquake. "Right now, there is no way to say that an earthquake of this magnitude will cause so much damage," he said, "However, what everyone believes is that Nepal is a country with a high risk of earthquakes, and the Himalayan region is also a big earthquake." But no one can say when.
When an earthquake of the same magnitude hits two different countries, it appears that less damage will occur in developed countries and it will cause greater damage in underdeveloped countries. He emphasized that Nepal's physical structures should be earthquake resistant.
