CASE STUDIES ; EARTHQUAKES Flashcards
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Date of Nepal earthquake
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April 2015
2
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Impacts of of Nepal 2015 earthquake
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- Displaced 2.8 million
- killed total of 9000 people
- 600,000 buildings destroyed
- 8 million affected
3
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Causes of Nepal 2015 earthquake
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- Destructive plate boundary with a convergent movement
- release of built up stresses and pressures along a major fault line
- LIC
4
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Responses for the Nepal 2015 earthquake
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- humanitarian assistance reached 3.7 million people
- Neal earthquake flash appeal
- $3 million grant provided by asian development bank
5
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Reasons for the extent of the impact
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- caused avalanches and landslides due to mountaineos terrain
- ## Magnitude of 7.8
6
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Date of sichuan earthquake
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May 2008
7
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Causes of sichuan earthquake
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- Destructive plate boundary
- china is located between the two largest seismic belts
8
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Impacts of sichuan earthquake
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-70,000 killed
- 380,000 injured
- cost of $191 million
- 391 dams destroyed
9
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Responses to the sichuan earthquake
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- troops parachuated in to help
- China requested help from Russia,japan etc.
- red-cross donating food
- $10 million rebuilding fund
10
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Reason to the extent of the impact
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- landslides causing further deaths
- building did not fall under the standards needed
- not prepared for the earthquake as no evacuation points
11
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Date of christchurch earthquake
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February 2011
12
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Causes and impacts of christchurch earthquake
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- 15km long fault
- 6.5 magnitude
- extensive damage to infrastructure
- cost of 17.2 billion
- 185 deaths
- 2000 injured
13
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Resonses to the christchurch earthquake
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- 600 Australian charity and reponse workers volunteering
- earthquake support subsidy
14
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reasons for the extent of the impact
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- economic status of $303 billion
- High income country
