Hostile Worlds: Bam Flashcards
What were the houses like? (4)
Local materials
Heavy cemented roof
Mudbrick walls, no support beams
Extra floor
Where is Bam?
Sothern Iran
Middle East
What plates were involved?
Arabian
Eurasian plate
When?
26 december 2003
What magnitude?
6.3 magnitude richter scale
What percentage of the city was destroyed?
90%
What was the problem that people face?
Lack of rescue facilities
People searched with bare hands
No help from government
Hospital collapsed
How many died?
30 000- 50 000
How many homeless?
75 000
Why so many deaths?
High density of people
— people added another storey to houses, self built easy to collapse
Building regulations not enforced
Buildings made from mud clay and straw so people suffocated
Rescue efforts
90 000 tents for survivors
Contries sent rescue efforts- tech , medical, sniffer dogs
