Impact of an educational program on earthquake awareness and preparedness in Nepal

Subedi, Shiba; Hetényi, György; Shackleton, Ross

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-279-2020

Articles | Volume 3, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-279-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-279-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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22 Sep 2020

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Impact of an educational program on earthquake awareness and preparedness in Nepal

Shiba Subedi, György Hetényi, and Ross Shackleton

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RC1: 'Nice to see an evaluation of the effectiveness of the program', Michelle Salmon, 25 May 2020
- AC1: 'Response 1', Shiba Subedi, 09 Jul 2020
RC2: 'Review of "Impact of an educational program on earthquake awareness and preparedness in Nepal"', John Taber, 31 May 2020
- AC2: 'Response 2', Shiba Subedi, 09 Jul 2020
RC3: 'Impact of an educational program on earthquake awareness and preparedness in Nepal', Lok Bijaya Adhikari, 14 Jun 2020
- AC3: 'Response 3', Shiba Subedi, 09 Jul 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish as is (14 Jul 2020) by Chris King (deceased)

ED: Publish as is (14 Jul 2020) by Iain Stewart (Executive editor)

AR by Shiba Subedi on behalf of the Authors (14 Jul 2020) Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (23 Jul 2020) by Chris King (deceased)

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (31 Jul 2020) by Chris King (deceased)

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (16 Aug 2020) by Chris King (deceased)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (17 Aug 2020) by Sam Illingworth (Executive editor)

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We study the impact of an educational seismology program on earthquake awareness and preparedness in Nepal. We see that educational activities implemented in schools are effective at raising awareness levels and in improving adaptive capacities and preparedness for future earthquakes. Knowledge also reached the broader community though social learning, leading to broadscale awareness. The result observed in this study is encouraging for the continuation and expansion of the program.