Weathering the Earthquake Storms: Crisis Communication Following Major Events
Earthquake scientists face increasing demand to spring into action following significant earthquakes, not only with scientific response, but also as communicators. The demand for information, from media, partners and other stakeholders, can be overwhelming. Opportunities abound, not only to provide critically important information, but also for potential missteps, in particular when a local population is traumatized by the earthquake(s) they have experienced. Earthquake professionals who have weathered local earthquake storms in recent years have learned important lessons about effective crisis communication. For this session, we welcome contributions from individuals with first-hand experience with crisis communication, as well as contributions focusing on evidence-based investigations of crisis communication and contributions about best practices for “peace time” communication that can pave the wave for effective “war time” communication. We also welcome contributions that focus on operational aftershock focusing and issues associated with the communication of forecasts and their uncertainties to stakeholders and the public.
Conveners
Susan E. Hough, U.S. Geological Survey (hough@usgs.gov); Maurice Lamontagne, Geological Survey of Canada (maurice.lamontagne@canada.ca); Timothy Dawson, California Geological Survey (timothy.dawson@conservation.ca.gov)
Oral Presentations
Participant Role | Details | Start Time | Minutes | Action |
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Submission | Taking the Hazard Out of Hazard Communication | 10:45 AM | 15 | View |
Submission | Challenges and Opportunities for Communication During an Energetic Aftershock Sequence: The 26 November 2019 M6.4 Albanian Earthquake | 11:00 AM | 15 | View |
Submission | The California Earthquake Clearinghouse – Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence July 2019 | 11:15 AM | 15 | View |
Submission | Keeping Up with Public Demand for ANSS Earthquake Information | 11:30 AM | 15 | View |
Submission | Adventures in Social Seismology: Empirical Investigations of Human Behavioral Response in Earthquakes Using Data From ‘Did You Feel It?’ | 11:45 AM | 15 | View |
Total: | 75 Minute(s) |
Weathering the Earthquake Storms: Crisis Communication Following Major Events
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