Earthquake fun facts Flashcards

South Napa is shortened to SN & Haiti is shortened to H

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SN details

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South Napa, California
24th August 2014
Epicentre on the San Andreas fault at a depth of 11.3km
46 cm fault slip
MMS 6.0
Mercalli VIII (severe)

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H details

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Haiti
January 2010
Epicentre 25 cm west of Port au Prince at a depth of 13km (between the Septentrional zone and the Enriquillo Plantain zone)
Destructive plate boundary
MMS 7.0

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SN primary & secondary hazards

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Primary- 10-20 second duration, shaking felt up to 180 miles east
Secondary- at least 12 aftershocks, 6 major fires, soil liquefaction

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H primary & secondary hazards

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Primary- 60 second duration, ground shaking, ground rupture
Secondary- at least 50 aftershocks, soil liquefaction

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SN primary & secondary impacts

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Primary- 1 death (slightly unrelated), 200 injured, damage to infrastructure
Secondary- 144 water mains broke, wineries lost inventory, 294 streets required repairing, broken gas lines, up to $1b damage

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H primary & secondary impacts

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Primary- 160000 deaths, 300000 injured
Secondary- 2.3 million displaced, 280000 properties damaged, 4000 convicts escaped after the prison was destroyed, up to $8b damage (120% of their GDP)

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SN responses

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Emergency response, increased funding into warning systems ($80m for 5 years)

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H responses

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3,500 US soldiers deployed, relied heavily on foreign aid, response uncoordinated due to gov. officials deaths, better building codes to be enforced

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