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Kobe 1995

Deaths

Homeless

Magnitude

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Kobe 1995

6300 dead (further 3000 due to neglect/suicide)

200000 homeless

7.0 magnitude

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Kobe 1995

Why so much death?

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Kobe 1995

TOO PROUD - 5hour delay in state of emergency/deployment

40% land reclaimed (liquefaction)

Fire (early morning - stoves on)

Heavy roof tiles

Wooden housing (7500 destroyed)

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Kobe 1995

Cost

PPR

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Kobe 1995

$120 billion

711 free food

Motorola free calls

Survival kits

Annual drill 1st September

Insurance (only 7% had)

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Indian Ocean 2004

Deaths (where)

Magnitude

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Indian Ocean 2004

111 000 Indonesia

31 000 Sri Lanka

160 000 dead

9.0 magnitude

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Indian Ocean 2004

Management/Aid

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Indian Ocean 2004

NGO’s Save the Children

Water purification tablets
Food
Generators

UK
£75 million gov and another £100 million public

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Indian Ocean 2004

PPR

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Indian Ocean 2004

UN 2005

Early tsunami warning system

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Indian Ocean 2004

Why so much aid?

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Indian Ocean 2004

Boxing day (people watching TV)

CHANCE

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Alaska 1964

Magnitude

Deaths

Length

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Alaska 1964

9.2 magnitude (largest ever US)

131 deaths

4.5 minutes long

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Alaska 1964

Why so little death?

Cost

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Alaska 1964

$300-400 million

REMOTE

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Sichuan 2008

Magnitude

Aftershocks

Death

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Sichuan 2008

8.0 magnitude

Aftershocks at 6.4 magnitude

70 000 dead

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Sichuan 2008

Why so much death?

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Sichuan 2008

REMOTE - 30 hours for help

Dependent on aid as NIC (takes TIME)

45000+ landslides (HIMALAYAS)

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Haiti 2010

Magnitude

Death

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Haiti 2010

7.0 magnitude

230 000 dead

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Haiti 2010

Why so much death?

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Haiti 2010

Lack of education (PANIC)
No heavy lifting 
High pop density
MEDC reliance (TIME)
Hurricane season (9 months later) 
Epicentre 25km from capital Port Au Prince
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Haiti 2010

Management (poor)

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Haiti 2010

800 000 in 45 camps (200 000 today)

Only 1 water delivery/week

Rape as young as 10

Forces busy with looting not rescuing

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Haiti 2010

Aid

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Haiti 2010

Hope for Haiti £35 million (but lost through corruption)

Docks destroyed (aid had to be turned away)

World Bank cancelled 50% debt
Funded school fro 140 000 in camps

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Tohoku 2011

Magnitude

Death

Epicentre

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Tohoku 2011

9.0 magnitude

16 000 dead (260 from earthquake)

Epicentre 70km E Tohoku

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Q

Tohoku 2011

Secondary effects

A

Tohoku 2011

Liquefaction Tokyo destroyed 1000 buildings

40 ft tsunami

Fukushima damaged (200 000 evac)

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Tohoku 2011

PPR

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Tohoku 2011

200 000 evac for Fukushima

Failed sea wall (400km stretch dropped)

Sendai Airport reusable by 29th March
November 2011 100% expressway/airport
November 2011 96% elec
                            98% water
                            99% comms 
Bullet train 2 secs

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