A Web Simulation Training System for Earthquake Intensity Assessment and Disaster Damage Evaluation

Abstract

A quick, accurate and comprehensive grasp of the damages of the disaster-stricken area after the earthquakes and a timely release of earthquake intensity maps are of great value for planning of emergency rescue initiatives, post-disaster reconstruction, earthquake prevention and disaster relief. To make the earthquake intensity assessment, disaster damage investigation and evaluation more timely, scientific and accurate, this study proposed a simulation training system for earthquake intensity assessment and disaster damage evaluation. Through computer technologies, Web technique, and database technologies, the actual earthquake disaster scenarios were simulated for earthquake rescue workers so that they could perform earthquake intensity assessment and disaster damage investigations through the Internet in a virtual manner. The proposed system would not only provide a set of new training modes for rescue workers, but also improve the emergency training, and enhance the overall quality of the disaster evaluation team. It could increase the fidelity of training and raise the tensity for training, test the rationality of the content and procedures of disaster evaluation, effectively assess the details of disaster evaluation, which could help the rescue team better fulfill on-site earthquake evaluation and disaster damage evaluation in the future.