From the humbling lessons of natural disasters is the weakness of man. Not even his technological advancements can save him from the decree of Allāh. Human precautions can only prevent what has been written to be preventable not what has been decreed to occur.

Let not our knolwedge,  technological advancements and scientific milestones delude us to a point we feel secure from the plan of Allāh. We are ultimately just a small part of a grand design of the Creator.

أَفَأَمِنُواْ مَكۡرَ ٱللَّهِۚ فَلَا يَأۡمَنُ مَكۡرَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلۡقَوۡمُ ٱلۡخَٰسِرُونَ 
[Surah Al-Aʿrāf: 99]

Then, did they feel secure from the plan of Allāh? But no one feels secure from the plan of Allāh except the losing people.
وَدَخَلَ جَنَّتَهُۥ وَهُوَ ظَالِمٞ لِّنَفۡسِهِۦ قَالَ مَآ أَظُنُّ أَن تَبِيدَ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أَبَدٗا 
[Surah Al-Kahf: 35]

"And he entered his garden while he was unjust to himself. He said, I do not think that this will perish - ever".

 وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِۦ فَأَصۡبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيۡهِ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَنفَقَ فِيهَا وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي لَمۡ أُشۡرِكۡ بِرَبِّيٓ أَحَدٗا 
[Surah Al-Kahf: 42]

And his fruits were encompassed [by ruin], so he began to turn his hands about [in dismay] over what he had spent on it, while it had collapsed upon its trellises, and said, Oh, I wish I had not associated with my Lord anyone.

وَلَمۡ تَكُن لَّهُۥ فِئَةٞ يَنصُرُونَهُۥ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا كَانَ مُنتَصِرًا 
[Surah Al-Kahf: 43]

And there was for him no company to aid him other than Allāh, nor could he defend himself.

Abu Imrān