KEY EARTHQUAKES

Question 1

HAITI
2010

Answer 1

LIDC
Humanitarian Disaster
International Aid
Cholera Ootbreak
220,000 deaths
Poor response /poor givernance
Poor buildings
Mass displacement

Question 2

SAN FRANCISCO
1989

Answer 2

Good Aseismic building design
High economic costs
Infrastructure damage
Fast well-co-ordinated response

Question 3

CHILE
2010

Answer 3

High Magnitude
Emerging & Developing Country but prepared & educated
Strict building codes
Weekend event - people at coast so didn’t know how to deal with Tsunami

Question 4

GORKHA
NEPAL

Answer 4

LIDC but well organised response
landslides & avalanches
Relief difficult for response
International Aid
Criticism for prioritising tourist areas
Monsoon - made response difficult

Question 5

KASHMIR
(Pakistan)

Answer 5

LIDC
HIgh magnitude
90% of homes flattened
Ramadam - people at home - deaths
Relies & cultural challenges to giving aid

Question 6

CHRISTCHURCH (NEW ZEALAND)
2010 & 2011

Answer 6

First EQ focus deeper than for 2nd
First EQ damaged buildings before 2nd
$20 billion damage
Timing comparison - night v day
Older buildings- no asiesmic design
Large Liquification –> damage & water stores
Excellent response

Question 6

TOHOKU
2011

Answer 6

Huge Tsunami
$235 billion costs
Fukishima Nuclear Reactor Damage/Radiation
Ports, Airports, roads damaged
Young move away
Population alerted & evacuated
Salt water conatimination

Question 7

INDIAN OCEAN 2004

Answer 7

250000 DEAD & DISPLACED
Coastal destruction
Ocean Basin Changes
heritage destriyed