1.9 Contrasting Earthquakes Flashcards
What were the primary impacts of the Japan earthquake?
- Thousands of buildings were damaged
- Severe liquefaction caused many buildings to tilt and sink into the ground.
What were the primary impacts of the Haiti earthquake?
- 316,000 people died and more than 300, 000 injured.
- 1.5 million were made homeless and 180,000 homes were destroyed.
What are the secondary impacts of the Japan earthquake?
- Earthquake triggered a tsunami killing thousands of people.
- Hundreds of thousands of buildings were completely destroyed.
- Over 230,000 people were made homeless.
- Road and railway suffered severe damage.
What are the secondary impacts of the Haiti earthquake?
- Cholera spreaded killing over 800 people.
- Looting and crime increased as the government and police force collapsed.
- 1 in 5 jobs were lost.
- Port area was destroyed making it difficult to get aid to the area.
What was the short term relief for the Japan earthquake?
- Transport, communications and power supplies were restored.
- International aid and search rescue teams were brought in.
What was the short term relief for the Haiti earthquake?
- Food, water, medical supplies and temporary shelters were supplied by the USA.
- Government building was destroyed and emergency aid was initially slow.
What was the long term planning for the Japan earthquake?
- Japan’s population are educated on being prepared - schools carry out drills.
What was the long term planning for the Haiti earthquake?
- Haiti were completely unprepared for the earthquake, so they now have monitoring systems.
What was the preparation for the Japan earthquake?
- Strict building laws preventing damage.
- Buildings reinforced.
- Bullet trains have automatic breaks.
What was the preparation for the Haiti earthquake?
- Weak buildings which didn’t have to be government certified.
What was the prediction for the Japan earthquake?
- Japan Meteorologist Agency (JMA) and local government monitor seismic activity all over the country.
- If an earthquake is detected warnings are sent to people all over the country.
What was the prediction for the Haiti earthquake?
- They fully rely on other countries to tell them if an earthquake is coming.
What were the greatest impacts of the Japan earthquake?
- Buildings being destroyed had economic factors but mainly they crushed people.
- The tsunami caused by the earthquake killed thousands of people.
What were the greatest impacts of the Haiti earthquake?
Huge amounts of people were left homeless because the buildings were destroyed due to poor building design, which also meant that people were crushed and stuck in the debris.
