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A geologic hazard is one of several types of adverse geologic conditions capable of causing damage or loss of property and life. These hazards consist of sudden phenomena and slow phenomena: Sudden phenomena include: avalanches (snow, rock, or air & snow) and its runout.
Geologic hazards are responsible for great loss of life and destruction of property. In the twentieth century more than a million people worldwide have been killed by earthquakes alone, and the value of the property destroyed by earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis amounts to scores of billions of dollars.he earlier geologic hazard mitigation is incorporated into the development planning process, the more effective it is. Figure 11 -1 summarizes the major issues involved and indicates the most appropriate phase in the process for their consideration in a development planning study.