Earthquakes Flashcards
Kobe–how many people died
6,434
Kobe–how many made homeless?
300,000
Kobe–how many helicopters sent in
20
Kobe–how many without water for 10days?
1 million
Kobe–what where he causes?
Philippians plate sub ducted under the Eurasia plate
Kobe–Richter scale?
7.2
Kobe–how much of the port was functional a year later?
80%
Kobe–when where most of the transport fictional by? When was he express way functional?
July
Sept 1996
Kobe–what buildings survived and didn’t? How many didn’t? What were the responses?
Buildings built to the 1981 code survived, buildings to the 1960s code didn’t
1800 buildings destroyed
Buildings built further apart
Buildings built with steel frames and rubber blocks underneath bridges
Kobe–what retailers shut down and who gave out essentials?
Panasonic shut down and 7 eleven gave out essentials like clothes, food+water etc
Kobe–how low was the focus beneath the surface?
19km
Haiti–causes?
Caribbean and North American plate
Slippage along the conservation boundary
Haiti–when?
12th Jan 2010
Haiti–Richter scale
7.0
Haiti–how many people died?
316,000