An expert said that, if Turkish residents had availed themselves of a government offer to rebuild their homes to make them earthquake-proof, most of those who died would have survived. There is another way: a personal earthquake warning device could be implanted in every plug-point in every home, for a few dollars each. There is a design on this blog which would have given residents of (for example) Idlib at least half a minute's warning of the quake, which may be enough to evacuate. Even after an earthquake has hit, there may be time in hand.
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