1.14- Bam!

Question 1

Bam, Iran (2003)

Answer 1

6.6Mw (Mericalli IX)
26000 killed
Arabian + Eurasian Plate boundary

Question 2

Location

Answer 2

Desert oasis - 190 km away from next civilisation

Only one road linking to other cities

Question 3

Housing

Answer 3

Mud brick houses made from soil + water
80000 lived in these
Collapsed to rubble - buried alive + blocked infrastructure

Question 4

Event

Answer 4

Winter season - hypothermia from outside cold
EQ at 5:26am so people sleeping 
Shallow EQ (7km) - ground shaking (vertical)

Question 5

Construction

Answer 5

Focus on 2400 yr old buildings of citadel (UNESCO WHS) for tourism
Poor wailing reconstructions - seismic code not enforced
Termites weaken wooden structures
Ancient building techniques using earth materials

Question 6

Lack of C2C

Answer 6

3 main hospitals destroyed - 20% health professionals killed and remainder couldn’t help since injured
Lack of specialist medical training for large scale trauma

Question 7

Immediate aid

Answer 7

26 nations responded - search + rescue

80 US volunteers - despite diplomatic tensions