Haiti and Japan earthquakes

Question 1

Why is Haitis population vulnerable

Answer 1

its isolated
low income country
poor healthcare-low life expectancy(63)
concrete roofs-more likely to fall
corruption in government w

Question 2

what do we measure earthquakes on

Answer 2

Richter scale using a seismograph

Question 3

What is the richter scale

Answer 3

The Richter scale measures the magnitude of an earthquake (how powerful it is) but it doesnt tell us how dangerous it is

Question 4

Cause of Haiti earthquake

Answer 4

Caribbean and North American plate boundary
conservative plate boundary
epicentre 15 mile under port-au-prince
7 on richter scale

Question 5

what is a primary effect

Answer 5

a direct result of the shaking

Question 6

what is a secondary effect

Answer 6

a indirect consequence of the shaking

Question 7

how many people were killed in Haiti earthquake

Answer 7

316,000 were killed

Question 8

Secondary effects of Haiti earthquake

Answer 8

cholera outbreak-water became contaminated
unemployment- port destroyed
1.3 million people became homeless
100,000 out of the 316,000 died from diseases

Question 9

Primary effects of Haiti earthquake

Answer 9

250,000 buildings destroyed
Prison destroyed and 4000 inmates got out
over 50 hospitals destroyed
schools badly damaged

Question 10

what are short-term responses

Answer 10

a response in the days and weeks after a disaster has happened

Question 11

what are long-term responses

Answer 11

responses that go on for months or years after a disaster

Question 12

short-term responses Haiti
and how bad they were

Answer 12

USA sent rescue teams and troops
tents and tarpaulin shelters provides
gave out water
one ambulance available in whole of port-au-prince
rescue teams took days to arrive
no permanent housing made

Question 13

long-term responses Haiti and how bad they were

Answer 13

a few hundred home built to higher standards but over 1mil still living in temporary shelters
over 200,000 people moved to less damaged cities
city rebuilt by residents
Money donated
6 months after 98% of the rubble remained uncleared some blocking vital access roads

Question 14

what year did Haitis earthquake happen

Answer 14

2010

Question 15

What year did japans earthquake happen

Answer 15

2012

Question 16

what caused Japan earthquake

Answer 16

Destructive plate boundary
pacific and euroasion plates
9 on richter scale
caused tsunami-40.5m

Question 17

who many people died in Japan

Answer 17

over 15,000

Question 18

primary effects Japan

Answer 18

over 1mill building damaged
1100 sections of train tracks damaged
Fukushima nuclear power plant badly damaged leaving 4.4mill people without electricity
Skyscraper in Tokyo swayed but damage was limited due to earthquake resistant design
coastal areas within 130km of epicentre completely wiped out
4 ports destroyed

Question 19

secondary effects Japan

Answer 19

tsunami which overtook flood defences
damages cost Japanese governmen $300 billion
children separated from families
one year after 300,000 people still live in temporary homes

Question 20

long-term responses Japan

Answer 20

railway network was fully functional
food export limited due to radiation fears
Priority was to rebuild
330,000 homes were being repaired within 6 days
some roads had been repaired

Question 21

short-term responses Japan

Answer 21

mass graves- reduce risk of disease spreading
8 min warning of earthquake
42% evacuated after tsunami warning
116 countries and 28 organisations helped
people were prepared
only one hospital still functioning
doctors came to help
Temporary clinics

Question 22

Japans vulnerability

Answer 22

had flood walls
most studied country-seismology
Warning system
housing regulation