Editorial

On Sept. 12, there was an earthquake with a 5.9 magnitude in the North Gyeongsang province. There were also several secondary shocks. This was quite a big and long-lasting earthquake for Korea, and the occurrence alerted everyone to the earthquake. Afterwards, many people started to wonder how to prevent earthquakes and whether or not buildings in Korea have earthquake -resistant designs. People are searching for the information if the buildings where they live have earthquake-resistant designs on the official homepage of Seoul City.

It is a very essential and reasonable curiosity because whether we know the evacuation steps or not, if the houses or buildings we live in have been built with earthquake-resistant design directly relates to people’s lives. However, as other disasters such as typhoons and floods are more frequent in Korea, many people do not get ready for prevention of the earthquakes. For example, the warning message was sent about 15 minutes after the earthquake and many people do not know what to do when it occurs.

Now, The Argus has also become curious as to how well HUFS is prepared to withstand earthquakes. As some of you might have expected, HUFS does not have proper evacuation plans or earthquake-resistant designs for all of their buildings on campus. In the November issue, The Argus looks in depth at HUFS’ deficiencies in regards to their earthquake response system. Moreover, The Argus interviews other neighboring countries that more frequently and severely experience earthquakes as compared to Korea.

 

By Byeon Hee-jin
Editor-in-Chief

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