Modesto Perez ruled out resorting to the "triangle of life" in case of earthquake

Technique of the so-called triangle of life, which has become popular on the internet is not recommended in case of earthquake, according to the Adviser of the seismic evaluation of the Presidency, engineer Ernesto Pérez Modesto Office.

Pérez Modesto advised to take shelter under a table instead of the triangle of life that has been "dismissed as protective probability by the Federation United States of emergency", because the millions of options of movements of an earthquake of great magnitude do not allow to predict which block can give up and fall off.

"Where you are safer is under a sturdy table, and if you don't have it, stick to one of the walls internally, lying on the floor, cover and hold, count 25 (average time that lasts an earthquake), and then get up and move to a safer place," instructed.

Other recommendations are that the occupants of high-rise buildings should be avoided u000athe balconies and not rely on walls that abroad give to vacuum, and residents in homes with impenetrable lattice must have a quick escape route preconvenida.

Pérez Modesto commented that geological studies, seismic records and earthquake-paleontological studies and the vulnerability allow to diagnose the probability of an earthquake of magnitude ignored on the Northern fault.

Reported that the Office of evaluation of seismic vulnerability of infrastructures and buildings evaluates to undergo a sísmico-resistente process all buildings erected before the adoption by law of the existing seismic code.

Recalled that the direction of Territorial Development, unit of the Ministry of economy, will determine on the basis of studies of microzoning where can and where can not raise towers.

Seismic microzoning studies establishing the characteristics of the u000asoil and how the acceleration of the waves caused by earthquakes in them can affect the constructions.

Reported that the Office of seismic evaluation assesses a few thousand schools nationwide to have a diagnosis and make them Quake-resistant and to avoid that they will collapse before the expected maximum earthquakes.

Pérez Modesto highlighted work institutional intermediate that is carried out because "cannot be geologist, structuralist, physical analyst of earthquake and instrumentalist and risk at the same time Manager".

Directions were offered by the engineer geologist Santiago Muñoz, director of the national geological service, a unit of the Ministry of economy, planning and development, and Modesto Perez, who is an adviser to the Office of seismic evaluation of the Presidency, during an interview on "Proposal of the night" by Digital 15..

While the Muñoz engineer suggested to keep calm and u000aguided by the official information and leave the building to avoid that a replica complete knock down what the tremor cracked.

"La isla Hispaniola is in a region of high seismic risk with 12 faults large within the Caribbean plate and other small within the country, such as the of San José de Ocoa is on an area of sedimentary rock where the soil is saturated by the frequent rains", said.

Officials advised the families have a written plan, identify the vulnerabilities of shelter as roofs corroded that are rods and locate the safest places and provide a route of evacuation.

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