1.14 Bam

Question 1

what might local governments organise

Answer 1

evacuation strategies

Question 2

national government might

Answer 2

finance emergency care and mandate education strategies

Question 3

what is bam

Answer 3

desert oasis in isolated part of bam (lack of materials)

Question 4

bam significance

Answer 4

UNESCO heritage site (tourist attraction)

Question 5

which two plates collided

Answer 5

arabian and eurasian

Question 6

how many ppl died

Answer 6

26k+

Question 7

magnitude and mercalli

Answer 7

6.6 and 9

Question 8

how far is the nearest major town

Answer 8

190km

Question 9

what were most of the buildings made out of

Answer 9

mud brick due to desert environment

Question 10

temperature and timing

Answer 10

cold winter temperature meant less people wanted to sleep outside and timing was early in the morning so everyone was asleep

Question 11

how deep was earthquake focus

Answer 11

7km, shallow

Question 12

what had not been effectively enforced

Answer 12

iranian building code (local), built to match ancient techniques

Question 13

what hindered the amount of lives being saved

Answer 13

3 main hospitals were destroyed and there was a lack of medical training to deal with trauma

Question 14

what did national government do

Answer 14

26 different nations sent search and rescue teams

Question 15

population of bam before earthquake in 2003

Answer 15

97000 - continuining urban development

Question 16

what did global governance do

Answer 16

the International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology established a Public Education Department in 1990 to improve “the safety, preventing, and preparedness culture against the earthquake among all groups of the society”