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Prevention Is Better Than Cure In earthquake-prone areas, populated areas need to take measures to protect themselves against the effects of earthquakes so as to reduce deaths and losses. Earthquake drills should be conducted frequently in earthquake-prone settlements, so that people would be familiarized with emergency procedures during an actual earthquake, reducing death tolls. Adequate shelters, medicine and food should also be provided in the settlement to handle the aftermath of an earthquake. Disaster plans and civil defence units should also be well-maintained to ensure efficient rescue actions after a disaster strikes. Seismographs, machines which can detect earthquakes, should be utilized to predict potential earthquakes, alerting authorities to evacuate the people as soon as an earthquake threat is reported. Tsunamis warning systems are also important in coastal areas prone to earthquake in order to reduce great loss of life and damage to property when the waves roll in.
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