Case studies Flashcards
When was the Haiti earthquake?
2010
How many people in Haiti lived on less than $1.20 a day?
70%
H-What magnitude and where did it strike?
7.0 mag
struck near the capital (Port au Prince)
H- How many deaths?
250,000
H- How many affected?
3 million
H- What percentage of buildings destroyed?
70%
H- how many jobs lost and why?
1 in 5 jobs lost because of broken buildings
H- cholera
cholera broke out and by 2012, 8,000 dead
H- How many prisoners escaped?
4,000 prisoners escaped because a prison was damaged
H- How many people became homeless and lived in refugee camps because of collapsed buildings?
1.5 million
H- How long did it take for response to arrive and why?
2-3 days because roads were blocked and planning was poor.
H- What did they do with the bodies?
bulldozed into mass graves to stop the spread of disease
H- how much was given in aid?
$13 million
H- What was the total cost?
$10 billion
When was the Japan earthquake & tsunami?
2011, March
J- How prepared was japan?
Japan where used to earthquake so people did not evacuate. They had 7m high tsunami walls- not high enough
J- What magnitude?
9.0 on the richter scale with over 120 aftershocks over magnitude 5.
J- What nuclear power plant was damaged an how many people where evacuated?
Fukushima power plant. 70,000 evacuated