1.1 - Japanese Gaman

Question 1

What is vulnerability?

Answer 1

Something humans do to worsen their condition

Question 2

What is a risk?

Answer 2

Potential for something bad to happen

Question 3

What is a hazard?

Answer 3

Something that endangers people.

Question 4

What is a disaster?

Answer 4

An event that causes loss of wealth, lives, property, livelihood, infrastructure

Question 5

What is an epicentre and focus?

Answer 5

Epicentre - centre of earthquake on surface.

Focus - centre of EQ in earth

Question 6

Richter scale

Answer 6

Measures movement of ground - saturated above 5 since can’t tell movement differences

Question 7

Moment Magnitude Scale (Mw)

Answer 7

Logarithmic - 10x strength for every 1 on scale

Question 8

Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI)

Answer 8

Level of explosiveness - power combined with volume of ejected material
Scale: I - XII

Question 9

Risk equation

Answer 9

Risk = (Hazard x Vulnerability) / Capacity to Cope

Question 10

Tokohu (2011) scale

Answer 10

Most powerful to hit Japan. 4th most powerful in world.

Question 11

Tsunami

Answer 11

133 feet

Question 12

Deaths

Answer 12

15800 dead + 6000 injured

Question 13

Economic damage

Answer 13

$235 billion