Solmaz Mohadjer explains why it& 39;s vitally important to understand earthquakes, even if you live in an area without them.

Solmaz Mohadjer explains why it's vitally important to understand earthquakes , even if you live in an area without them . Solmaz Mohadjer wore shoes in bed as a child to be ready for a quick escape from earthquakes . Now as a geoscientist, she chases earthquakes and rockfalls with high precision measuring instruments . Together with her team , she works to detect and measure subtle movements and changes in Earth's surface and their implications for earthquake and rockfall hazards . Inspired by school children in mountain communities of central Asia , she started the initiative ParsQuake to bridge the information gap between scientists and the public in regions of high geohazards risk exposure . Her main aim is to make geohazards research results accessible to all and help those having fatalistic attitudes move toward taking positive actions to plan and prepare for future events . She is currently a PhD researcher in the field of natural hazards at the University of Tübingen . This talk was given at a TEDx event us