examples

Question 1

ground shaking / displacement

Answer 1

Mexico City and the Japanese port of Kobe (1985 and 1995)

Question 2

liquefaction

Answer 2

Kobe earthquake – port built on reclaimed land in Osaka Bay – 200 berths in the port destroyed and affected Japanese economy and global trade

Question 3

landslides and avalanches

Answer 3

• Steep slopes in mountainous areas – Himalaya-Karakoram range are unstable and vulnerable to landslides
• Nepalese earthquake 2015 = triggered large number of landslides and avalanches
• floods if natural dams fail - 2005 in Kashmir and 2008 in Sichuan
• Italy 1963 –collapse of a hillside above the Vaiont reservoir = 100m wave which swept over dam and down valley of Piave River drowning 3000 people

Question 4

tsunamis

Answer 4

• ## coast of Aceh province in Sumatra December 2004) – 1000 tonnes of water per metre of shoreline

Question 5

underwater landslides = tsunami waves

Answer 5

• Papua New Guinea 1998 – 2000 villagers living in coastal communities killed

Question 6

earthquakes and casualties

Answer 6

1976 – Tangshan earthquake 7.6Mw– no. killed: 300,000 no. affected: 5,000+
2004 – Indonesia tsunami – no. killed: 200,000 no. affected: 5,000+
2008 – American hurricanes – no. killed: 80,000 no. affected: 45,000+
2010 – Haiti earthquake – no. killed: 200,000 no. affected: 5,000+