Utah's Fireside Chats

Why Was the Turkey & Syria Earthquake so Deadly? Comparing and Contrasting with Utah's Infrastructure

April 01, 2023 Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy
Utah's Fireside Chats
Why Was the Turkey & Syria Earthquake so Deadly? Comparing and Contrasting with Utah's Infrastructure
Show Notes

In this episode, Jessica Chappell, a structural engineer and member of the Utah Seismic Safety Commission, comes on to discuss how and why the infrastructural damage took place after the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria earlier this year. The discussion also compares and contrasts the damage done in Utah after the earthquake in 2020, and how to best prevent this damage from occurring here in Utah and Turkey/ Syria again.