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Malaysia located outside the 'Pacific Ring of Fire' and considered to be safe from any seismic activities. However, tremors were felt in some areas due to far-field and near-field earthquake effects. Hospitals are important for any post-disaster event and maintain their resilience in any situation. The objective is to evaluate the level of prepared...
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... 49 (34%) have knowledge regarding the earthquake disaster preparedness and total of 56 (38.9%) knows to get access to latest information regarding earthquake disaster in Malaysia. (11) 4-5 years -1.4% (2) 0.7% (1) --1.4% (2) 3.5% (5) >5years 2.1% (3) 11.8% (17) 27.1% (39) 2.8% (4) 4.2% (6) 39.6% (57) 87.5% (126) Experienced facing earthquakes 0.7% (1) 9.7% (14) 3.5% (5) 0.7% (1) 1.4% (2) 4.2% (6) 20.1% (29) Experienced working in 2015 Ranau Earthquake Sabah -2.8% (4) 0.7% (1) 0.7% (1) 0.7% (1) 0.7% (1) 5.6% (8) Knowledge to earthquake disaster preparedness 0.7% (1) 6.3% (9) 12.5% (18) 1.4% (2) Table 4 shows the descriptive statistics for components related to hospital preparedness towards earthquake. Generally, most the result shows a mean between 3.618 up to 3.893 statistics with highest standard deviation at the building safety index. ...