option D LO3 case studies Flashcards
high deaths vs low deaths earthquakes (bc location)
HIGH 50k dead
turkey-syria earthquake 2023 (7.8)
LOW 2 dead
peru 2019 (8) – amazon rainforest, epicenter pacaya samiria national reserve
turkey syria earthquake year and magnitude
2023, mag 7.8 (followed by 7.5)
peru earthquake year and magnitude
2019
8
plate boundaries turkey syria earthquakes
arabian, eurasian, african
plate boundaries 2019 peru
nazca and south american
palte boundaries italy earthquake
eurasian and african
nepal earthquake 2015 plates
indian and eurasian
ejyafjallajokull plates
NA, Eu
2014 mt sinabung indonesia plates
australian and eurasian
each jump on the richter scale is __ x
10x
year of repairs for soil creep in trinidad and tobago + price
2012
61 million
year for mudflow in sierra leone + deaths
2017
500 ish
main ish damges of the mt sinabung eruption 2014
lahars – agri land, roads, settlemts
+ pollution SO2
= 1 trillion IDR crop damages
how did iceland avert vulnerabilites
- sparse population (low exposure)
- risk assessments + prior actions
- all evacuated (via phone alerts, volunteer sweeps)
nepal earthquake 2015 deaths and buildngs and economic loss
9k
600k – 3.1 mil homeless
-35% GDP
what did they italian govt help ppl with aft 2009 l’aquila quake
- 3 years tax waived
- suspension of bills and mortages
int aid – 700mil from EU, Brit red cross
deaths and buildings italy l’aquila quake 2009
around 300
3k-11k
deaths and buildings peru 2019
2
800ish
govt mitigation strategies peru 2019 earthquake
budget for disaster risk and response: 19M–>400M
retrofitted 5 hospitals for seismic risks
buildings collapsed in the turkey earthquake and WHY so many holy shitt
850k ?????? GIRL
- poor construction practices + land reclaimation
- substandard buildings bc poor inspections
deaths turkey earthquake 2023
50k
- must be the landslides
earthquake caused by construction of large dam example
7.9 mag sichuan earthquake 2008
- killed est 80k ppl
- linked to construction of Zipingpu dam
earthquake early warning system
- Japan Meteorological Agency provides Earthquake Early Warnings
- Public broadcasting programs – public awareness and education
- Limitations: time between early warnings to strong tremors only a few seconds
- Minimise damage by stopping trains, construction and elevators, people can get to safety
- Early warnings on tv, announcements in schools and workplaces, moblie phones (public and private systems)
volcano prediction example
Mt Taal in the Phillipines – said to have imminent volcanic tsunami, 30k ppl evacuated BUT has not happened since announed on Jan 14
Possible effects: reduced tourism
construction of seawalls example
Redirects wave energy back to the sea
Japan built following 2011 tohoku quake
New seawalls 15m high
Limitations: Unsightly, blocks the view – maybe affects tourism and QOL
