# Earthquakes

_Programme · The Kurdish Cooperation Organization · https://kurds.global/development/programmes/earthquakes/_

Seismic risk along the Zagros and Anatolian fault zones, and how to prepare.

## Record

- **Platform**: Development
- **State**: in-preparation
- **Lede**: Much of Kurdistan lies along the Zagros and Anatolian fault zones. This programme explains the risk and how families and communities can prepare.
- **The risk explained**: How the Zagros and Anatolian fault zones produce earthquakes, in plain words.
- **Preparing a home**: Steps from official civil protection guidance.
- **After a quake**: How to find verified information and help well.
- **Lessons learned**: A course on the 2023 Kahramanmaraş disaster and its lessons.
- **Audience**: Families in the homeland, Diaspora families, Community Cells, Teachers
- **Step 1**: Learn: read the guide or take the course.
- **Step 2**: Prepare: follow the home and family steps.
- **Step 3**: Practise: run a drill with your family.
- **Step 4**: Respond: after a quake, use the crisis information page.

## Provenance

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## See also

- [Development](https://kurds.global/development/)