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Christchurch date

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22nd Feb 2011

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Christchurch magnitude

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6.3

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Christchurch plates

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Indo Australian + Pacific

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Christchurch margin

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Conservative

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Christchurch depth of focus

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5km

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Christchurch Epicentre location

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10km from Christchurch

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Primary effects

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Occur immediately and are due to the shaking of the ground

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Christchurch deaths

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181

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Christchurch injured

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200

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Christchurch liquefaction

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Badly affected roads
Cars fell into sink holes

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Liquefaction

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When ground is shaken water is transported to the surface forming soft ground causing everything to sink

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Christchurch buildings

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50% of central cities buildings damaged
Spire of cathedral collapsed

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Christchurch electricity

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80% of city left without power

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Christchurch primary effects

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Dead 181
Injured 200
Liquefaction
Buildings damaged
Left without Electricity

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15
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Secondary effects

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Happen afterwards as a result of the primary and can be even more devastating

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Christchurch business/ economy

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Put out of action for long periods lead to loss of income and jobs
No longer host Rugby World Cup loss of tourism and huge income

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Christchurch roads

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Through liquefaction damage to roads made it difficult for people and emergency services to move around

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Christchurch people

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Affected mentally and needed support
Schools had to share classrooms because of damage to school buildings

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Christchurch secondary effects

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Business and economy dropped significantly
Damaged roads lead to lack of emergency services
PTSD
Education affected

20
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Immediate responses

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What is done to help out straight away

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Christchurch Immediate responses (9)

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  • earthquake commission assessed buildings to ensure they were safe
  • 300 Australian police flown in
  • urban and search rescue teams within hours of the event
  • emergency GOV cabinet meeting
  • Canterbury art gallery was earthquake proof and became emergency response centre
  • Areas zoned to classify damage and cost of repairs
  • International aid $6-7 million and aid workers
  • Chemical toilets for 3000 residents
  • Police provided evacuations,search and rescue teams, media briefings and, missing person and family liaison
22
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Long term response

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Things done in the weeks, months, years after the event to help the needy and reduce effects in the future

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Christchurch long term responses

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  • Red Cross provided grants to families with young children (u5yrs) living in significantly damaged houses with their electricity bills
  • Police coordinated forensic analysis and evidence gathering of fatalities
  • Insurance paid $898 million in building claims and and provided temporary housing making sure all damaged housing was watertight
  • Water and sewage restored for all residents by august
  • Roads and houses cleared of silt and liquefaction by Aug
  • 80% of roads
  • 50% of footpaths were repaired
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Nepal date

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11:56
Sat 25 April 2015

25
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Nepal magnitude

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7.8

26
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Nepal plates

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I do Australian and Eurasian

27
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Nepal boundary

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Collision

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Nepal depth of focus

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15km

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Nepal epicentre location

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81km from NW capita, city Kathmandu

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Nepal deaths

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8600

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Nepal injured

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14500

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Nepal primary effects

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Deaths 8600
Injured 14500
Roads damage —> many places isolated extensively damaged
Buildings and monuments damaged —> ancient monuments such as the dharahara tower demolished due to poor construction and lack of suitable foundations
Trapped injured

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Nepal secondary effects

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Homelessness
Damage to communications —> lines were cut off so remote villages were cut off
Avalanches—> aftershocks caused 3 more avalanches
Economy—> tourism is a major source of income and many tourists sites were damaged, money was spent of repairs but there was a lack of money as it is a LIC, loss of income
Health problems —> not enough medical care or treatment/ transport/ hospitals. Lack of sanitation lead to contaminated food and water therefore there was a cholera outbreak

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Nepal immediate responses

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Tent cities in capital
90% of Nepalese soldiers mobilised to worst hit areas
Aid agencies such as Red Cross provided food relief and shelter materials
Suregoens and inflatable hospitals
International rescue team
GIS tool crisis mapping used to coordinate the response

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Nepal long term responses

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ADB provided US$3 million grant to Nepal for immediate relief
Uk provided 30 tonnes of humanitarian aid and 8 tonnes of equpimey
Aid donated by lots of countries eg. Uk gave 73 million
Uk sent expert help
100 search and rescue responders, meaidal experts and engineers
Red Cross long term recovery programme to help people rebuild their lives
Psychological support was provided

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