Haiti and Tohoku

Question 1

(Tohoku)

What were the causes of EQ

Answer 1

• Japan on East edge of Eurasion plate

- Destructive subduction plate margin

Question 2

(Tohoku)

What were the impacts

Answer 2

• Japan were prepared for the EQ but not for the tsunami
• Radiation from Fukushima caused large evacuation
• 582 roads cut off
• 15,894 deaths
• Tsunami overtopped sea walls

Question 3

(Tohoku)

What were short term responses

Answer 3

• Foreign aid
• 100k soldiers
• Helicopters
• Fukushima exclusion zone

Question 4

(Tohoku)

What were long term responses

Answer 4

• 2013 Japan upgraded tsunami warning system
• Japan set up RDC to encourage growth in Tohoku
• Created scaled integrated risk management
• $300 bil

Question 5

(Haiti)

Cause of EQ

Answer 5

• Sliding at conservative plate margin
• NA plate past Caribbean plate
• Jan 2010

Question 6

(Haiti)

Primary impacts

Answer 6

• 316k dead and 1 million homeless
• Transport and communication links badly damaged
• 4k inmates escaped

Question 7

(Haiti)

Secondary impacts

Answer 7

• 1 in 5 lost jobs
• Disease spread
• Difficult to access as airport poorly managed

Question 8

(Haiti)

Short term responses

Answer 8

• 100 mil aid from US and 330 from EU
• 810k in aid camps
• Poor prior planning lead to lack of immediate aid

Question 9

(Haiti)

Long term responses

Answer 9

• 1 million people still without homes a year after
• Temporary schools created
• 98% rubble still not cleared