A community that is likely to incur a great deal of damage during an earthquake is referred to as having a high seismic _____.
A community that is likely to incur a great deal of damage during an earthquake is referred to as having a high seismic risk.
From the FEMA training material defining seismic risk is: “Risk, on the other hand, refers to the potential exposure of persons and the built environment (buildings, transportation lines and structures, communications lines, and utilities) to loss of life, personal injury, and damage as a result of an earthquake”.
Source: https://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/is8a/is8a-document.pdf
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